Overview
- A late‑night birthday celebration on the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu blocked part of the bridge in the early hours of Monday, June 22, with a red carpet, balloons, cake cutting and parked cars documented in viral footage.
- Bharalumukh police registered Case No. 79/2026 under BNS sections 125, 270 and 285 and detained or summoned 14 people, including businessman Gautam Baruah and his wife, with authorities seizing four vehicles linked to the event.
- Those first accused were processed and reported to have been granted bail, and a separate viral clip led to the booking and detention of another couple, Surajit and Bijaya Mandal, after police seized an additional vehicle.
- Guwahati traffic police said they verified the social‑media videos, traced registration numbers to locate owners and used that evidence to identify participants and vehicles including a Land Rover Defender, a Mercedes‑Benz, a Scorpio and a Honda City.
- The incident has focused attention on misuse of an expensive, strategic public bridge and prompted questions about enforcement gaps, civic responsibility and what further action investigators will take as the probe continues.