India, March 26 -- A journalist from Guwahati has been arrested under the stringent Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing an unnamed guard of the Assam Cooperative Apex Bank (ACAB) while covering a protest over allegations of irregularities against the bank.

A video clip Dilwar Hussain Mozumder shared on social media before his arrest on Tuesday showed him asking the bank's managing director (MD), Dambaru Saikia, questions regarding a recruitment scam. Saikia refused to answer questions and instead called the police, who detained and later arrested Mozumder.

In a social media post, Mozumder said he went to the bank for information regarding corruption. "They cannot muzzle my voice. I ...