One of the prime accused wanted in connection with the infamous Jaichand Vaidya abduction case has been arrested, police said here on Tuesday.
Ashok Singh alias ‘Manager’, a native of Kodarma in Jharkhand State was arrested in connection with Jaichand Vaidya’s abduction that had happened in 2001, City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Bhilai Rajesh Agrawal said.
During the case trials, Singh had managed to flee and the concerned court had issued a permanent warrant against Singh in this regard, he said.
“Ashok Singh is a notorious criminal and had executed several abductions in Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. He used to hold the abducted persons in his Kodarma based house and Vaidya was also kept in the same house for about 44 days,” the CSP said. He was arrested by a police team from Kumhari police Station, Agrawal mentioned while adding that the accused was on the run for the past 12 years. According to the police, seven persons have already been convicted in the case and were sentenced to life time imprisonment in 2007.