Kaushambi: The accused of kidnapping and raping a class VII student in broad daylight was arrested by the police during an encounter on Monday night. He had a face-to-face encounter with the police near the canal culvert in Osa village. No jawan was injured in the firing from both the sides. The scumbag who was injured after being shot in the leg has been admitted to the district hospital. Will be sent to jail after treatment.
A class VII student living in Manjhanpur area had gone to school on 18 May. At around 12.30 pm, she was going home on foot after her leave. On the way, an unknown bike rider had kidnapped him. After this, he was raped by taking her to a deserted place. Frightened by the incident, the victim reached home and narrated the ordeal to her family members, then a case was registered against the unknown on the complaint of the victim’s father.
SP Brijesh Kumar Srivastava also deployed SOG and surveillance team along with Manjhanpur police for the raid. Police teams scanned the footage of CCTV cameras installed around the spot. In the detailed investigation, the name of Pawan Kumar Saini alias Pawan Panda, son of Rajmani Panda, resident of village Chogarian, Purva Samda Manjhanpur, came to light. The victim also identified the accused after seeing the picture and photo.
On Monday night, the police received information that the accused was going towards Osa on a motorcycle. When the police laid siege, he started running towards the canal culvert located in Osa. The bike fell when it lost control. Then tried to escape on foot. Seeing himself surrounded, he opened fire on the police party. In response, firing was also done by the police. As soon as the bullet hit his right leg, the accused fell down in a pool of blood. After which he was arrested. The SP said that during interrogation the accused has confessed to the crime. After the advice of the doctors, the challan will be done after reading and writing.