Former Finance Minister Raghavji has been remanded to judicial custody till July 22 in the alleged sodomy case against him. Earlier, on Tuesday afternoon, the police announced his arrest from a flat in Koh-e-Fiza locality.
Soon after his arrest, Raghavji was taken to Habibganj police station, where an FIR was registered against him. He remained in the police station for around one-and-a-half hour and then taken to Hamidia hospital for a medical check-up.
Police officials arrested the sacked Minister from the flat of one of his relatives in Bhopal and took him to Habibganj police station. DIG D Srinivas Varma told The Pioneer that police had been searching for him soon after the FIR was registered. “There was no delay in the case. He was arrested within 40 hours of the FIR,” he added.
At the Habibganj police station, SP North Arvind Saxena told media persons that the police had searched around 50 houses on Monday. “We searched for him in Rashi Prabha apartment on Tuesday. Some flats were locked. We opened those flats and found him there. We arrested him immediately and we have brought him to the police station for further action,” he added.
Soon after the registration of an FIR, Raghavji, who celebrated his 79th birthday on Sunday, gave a slip to the police on way to Bhopal from Vidisha.
Although the police personnel were a keeping vigil on Raghavji and were awaiting for directives from seniors, The BJP leader disappeared even before he could be arrested. Raghavji arrested, sent to judicial custody till July 22 The FIR was filed by his servant Rajkumar Dangi, who alleged that Raghavji abused him for the last three-and-a-half years on the promise of getting him a government job.
After the exposure of the CD that showed Raghavji in compromising position, the Minister resigned from the Cabinet. On Sunday, he was expelled from the BJP soon after an FIR was registered against him.
The CD has left BJP government red-faced which is aiming to score a hat-trick in the Assembly elections due later this year.
According to police, Raghavji’s was found sitting on a chair in one of the bedrooms, while in the other room, his wife and grandson Vivek were found. The police have rounded up Vivek also.
Police sources said another accused in the same case, Sher Singh Chouhan was arrested from Koh-e-Fiza locality on Monday night, while his brother-in-law Suresh Chouhan is still absconding.
Ironically, Raghavji was brought to the Habibganj police station whose building was inaugurated in his presence as special guest on July 27, 2009.