Alleged rapist of 5 year old Ghansour rape victim nabbed

New Delhi, April 23: After evading arrest for six days, the man accused of raping a five-year-old girl of Madhya Pradesh was apprehended arrested from Hussainabad area of Bihar's Bhagalpur district on Tuesday night.

The accused Firoz Khan (35) was hiding in Badi Masjid area at his relative's place.

Seoni's Superintendent of Police (SP) Mithilesh Shukla said "acting on leads, the police zeroed in on Firoz at his relative's residence where he was hiding and arrested him".

Initially, the residents of the house tried to mislead the police but later neighbours came forward and virtually pulled him out of the house. The public allegedly thrashed Khan on the spot, after which the police whisked him away, the SP said.

Khan had allegedly raped the minor girl on April 17 and later dumped her on a farm land. Her parents found her next morning there and rushed her to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur for treatment.

Khan, working in Jhabua power plant limited in Madhya Pradesh, allegedly raped the minor girl in Shivni district of Madhya Pradesh on April 17. After committing the crime, Khan had fled to Bihar.

The girl was brought to Nagpur in Maharashtra by an air ambulance and admitted to Care Hospital in Ramdaspeth area shortly before midnight on 20th April and is battling for life.