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Sonbhadra. The accused, who was absconding since 2019 in a serious case of raping a minor, was arrested by Pipri police station from Chhattisgarh. The arrest of the accused was made in compliance with the permanent arrest warrant issued by the court.
As part of the campaign being run under the direction of Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma, a police team was formed under the supervision of Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Mavis Tock and Area Officer Pipri Harsh Pandey.
According to the police, a case was registered against the arrested accused Shrikant Aggarwal (33), son of Niranjan Prasad Aggarwal, resident of village Basantpur, police station Balrampur, district Balrampur-Ramanujganj (Chhattisgarh) in the year 2019 on charges of forcibly having physical relations with a minor.
The court had issued a permanent arrest warrant against him in the case. He was continuously absconding to avoid arrest. The police team gathered confidential information and raided Chhattisgarh and after a lot of efforts, arrested the accused.
The team that made the arrest included Police Station Head Pipri Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Sub Inspector Dilip Singh and Chief Constable Shyam Sundar Pandey.