Absconding in kidnapping and rape case, Mumbai man held in UP 40 years after incident

Mumbai police arrested a 70-year-old man for a kidnapping and rape case from 1984. The accused, Papa alias Dawood Bandu Khan, had been absconding for 40 years. Based on specific information, police apprehended Khan from Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He was brought to Mumbai on transit remand and will be produced in court. Khan had been arrested in the past for the case but skipped trial hearings, leading to his status as an absconder. Police teams had been searching for him for years but had not been able to locate him until recently.

The Mumbai police have arrested a 70-year-old man, who had been absconding in a kidnapping and rape case for the last 40 years, from Agra in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.

The accused was identified as Papa alias Dawood Bandu Khan, he said.

Based on specific information, a team of personnel from Dr Dadabhai Bhadkamkar Marg police station in south Mumbai apprehended Khan from Agra on Monday, he said.

He was brought to Mumbai on a transit remand and will be produced before the court here, he said.

''In 1984, a case of kidnapping and rape was registered against Khan based on a complaint filed by a woman,'' he said.

Khan had been arrested in the case and was out on bail.

''As the trial of the case started, he attended just a couple of hearings, and did not appear before the court after that. The court had declared him absconding in the case,'' the official said.

A team from Dr D B Marg police station had launched a search and also visited his Falkland Road residence, but it came to light that he had sold this property and left the city along with his family.

During the investigation, it was revealed that he was somewhere in the northern states, the official said.

All these years, various police teams tried to search him, but he remained untraced, he said.

''However, the police officials recently received specific information that he is staying with his family in Agra. Accordingly, a police team was sent to this Uttar Pradesh city, where Khan was apprehended,'' the official said.

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