Kolkata, September 20 (IANS) West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a man, alleging sexually abusing a minor who wanders himself as fishermen.
The accused escaped for a year and survived the previous efforts by the police to catch him. The police chased him in 20 states, finally before catching him from the Bay of Bengal, where he was hidden in a fishing boat.
According to the police, he was arrested in a raid in the middle of the sea between Kakddip-Namkhana in South 24 Parganas district.
Ranaghat Police District Superintendent Ashish Kumar Maurya said: “This accused had escaped for the last one year. The accused may join women and child trafficking. Finally, our team’s work was successful. Everyone involved in this operation showed their skills. Arrest of the accused in the middle of the sea is one of the successes.”
The arrest was made in October 2024 on the basis of a missing complaint of a minor girl at Hinghata police station in Ranaghat police district of Nadia district. Search was made in many places in search of a minor girl.
The name of a person associated with a child and a woman smuggling gang came.
In July this year, the missing minor girl was rescued from Kalyani in Nadia district. After the girl’s medical examination, the police came to know that she was pregnant.
Subsequently, the police started an investigation by linking the POCSO Act with the missing person case, which was then converted into a kidnapping case.
Police said, the search for the accused was going on under the supervision of an officer of DSP rank. The special operation group (SOG) and the special investigation team of the police were monitoring the accused. Keeping an eye on the tower location on his mobile, it was found that he was changing his place again and again.
The accused had been roaming between Namkhana and Kakddip areas of South 24 Parganas for the last one month. It was revealed that he was hidden in a fishing boat in the middle of the sea.
In maritime operation, two sub-guards and two constables of the Ranghat police district disguised themselves as fishermen and contacted in a boat that was more than 10 km deep in the sea. Finally, the accused was arrested by that fishing boat and brought to the ground.
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