46-year-old rape accused who fled from hospital arrested in Gujarat

Updated On: 29 May, 2019 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan

The accused has been accused of raping a mentally ill minor girl on May 18. He fled on May 20 when two constables from the Versova police station took him to Cooper Hospital for medical examination

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The 46-year-old rape accused who had fled from a hospital while in Versova police's custody last week, has been nabbed in Vapi, Gujarat. A case was registered at Juhu police station after Sunil Chauhan fled from Cooper Hospital.

"We launched a manhunt and after examining dozens of CCTV footage, we found that he took a train to Gujarat from Andheri station," said an official from the Juhu police station. The police arrested Chauhan on Tuesday evening and will produce him before a court on Wednesday.