Guwahati, May 31 -- A local court in Shillong on Friday remanded Himan Gogoi, the main accused in the molestation of two schoolgirls in Umsohsun and Police Bazar in Meghalaya, to police custody for two days.

Police arrested the 24-year-old from Jorhat, Assam, on Thursday in connection with two separate incidents of sexual assault reported in Shillong. After securing a transit remand from a Jorhat court, investigators brought Gogoi to Shillong early Friday morning for further interrogation.

Later that day, officers presented him before a local court, which granted the police's request for custody to aid in the ongoing investigation.

East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem confirmed that the accused had previously worked as...