A man has been arrested in connection with the abduction and gangrape of a minor at Bhimnagar village, police said. Superintendent of Police Ashish said police have formed three teams to arrest the culprits.
These teams are conducting raids at separate places to nab the accused. Charan Singh Yadav has been arrested while Jitendra Rajawat, Dilip Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Virendra Yadav, Jitendra Yadav and two unidentified accused are still at large.
Police have announced a reward of Rs55,000.Meanwhile, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Gohad) RC Mishra has issued directives for registering a FIR against a Water Resource Department executive engineer on the charge of providing false information.
Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Amarnath Verma, on Friday, said a letter has been received from Mishra directing to lodge an FIR against PK Gachch.
He said police would take necessary steps following an inquiry. The executive engineer had provided information that Baisali Reservoir is under Gohad Municipality. However, this information was later found to be false. In the same district, in the evening, the Special Police Establishment (SPE) of lokayukta from Gwalior caught an employee of Ater Block Panchayat while accepting a bribe of Rs10,000.
The police team arrested Satyendra Suman while he was accepting the amount from Director of a self-help group Ashok Karan in lieu of payment of a bill of Rs 55,000 related to Mid-Day meal Scheme.
A case was registered against Suman under the Prevention of Corruption Act.