The District and Sessions Court in Bhopal sentenced Veeru Valmik, accused of rape under the POCSO Act, to 10 years imprisonment on Wednesday.

Special Judge Rashmi Mishra has given this decision in a 4 year old case. The accused was charged of kidnapping a minor and assaulting her sexually. The court has also sentenced the accused to a fine of Rs 5,000.

In March 2019, the victim's parents had lodged a complaint at Bilkhiriya police station. The family had told the police that an unknown youth had kidnapped their daughter. Investigation revealed that the girl was kidnapped by Veeru, who lives in the neighbourhood.

After the disappearance of the girl, Veeru and his family also went missing. Two days after the incident, the police arrested the girl.

Relatives become suspicious over the sudden disappearance of a neighboring family. After verification, the victim told that accused Veeru and she were good friends for 1 year. On the day of his disappearance, both of them had gone to Vidisha by bus. Both of them met at Veeru's brother-in-law's house in Vidisha. On the basis of this, the police arrested the accused Veeru under the POCSO Act. The court has punished the accused on the basis of available arguments and scientific evidence.

Meanwhile police failed to track and nabbed prisoner who escaped from Bhopal's Hamidia Hospital till Wednesday who  absconded from the hospital on Tuesday evening.

The negligence of the policeman deployed for security surfaced in the matter as he had gone to drink tea, leaving the prisoner alone. Kohefiza police have registered a case in the matter. The accused is being searched.

According to Kohefiza police, Ghanshyam Ajay Gaur of Silwani district Raisen, was in jail in the case of attempted murder. Recently he was transferred to Bhopal jail for the treatment of hernia. He was brought to Hamidia Hospital for treatment on Tuesday.

His operation was to take place here, on Tuesday evening at around 5 pm the policeman on duty Ghanshyam Panwar went to have tea. When he returned after 10 minutes, the prisoner had absconded. After which the complaint about the matter was lodged in Kohefiza police station.