The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested an accused, Arum Pal, in an on-going investigation into a case relating to a missing girl who has also been found now.
The CBI had registered a case on January 1 against an accused and others in compliance of the orders of High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior Bench and taken over the investigation.
It was alleged that the complainant (father of the missing girl) had informed that his minor daughter was taken away on motor cycle by the said accused and another person, both residents of village Dhuta, of Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) and when he chased the motor cycle, he was threatened, the CBI said in a statement.
The local police had arrested a friend of accused, whose bike was allegedly used in the incident. After thorough investigation including search of bank accounts in several banks, the accused was traced at Rajpura in Punjab, the CBI said.
The linked mobile number with the said bank account was allegedly in third person’s name, it said.
The arrested accused will be produced before the Competent Court for transit remand on Wednesday.