Chandigarh Police apprehended a female accomplice a month after a 48-year-old man, who was wanted in kidnapping and raping a minor girl since 1999, was arrested in 24 years.Accomplice arrested after 24 years of hunt by Chandigarh PoliceThe accomplice has been identified as 52-year-old Veerawati of Uttar Pradesh, who was arrested from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, on Friday by the PO and Summons Staff of Chandigarh Police. Accused of helping the main accused, Hari Chand, rape the 15-year-old girl, she has declared a proclaimed offender (PO) in April 2000.Hari Om Sharma, inspector and in-charge, PO and Summons staff said, “The woman was arrested from the forest area near the water stream of VPO Kakru, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur.”In July, the main accused, Hari Chand, also from UP, was arrested for raping the minor girl on December 6, 1999, in Manimajra. Police said the accused had been living as a Pathi at a gurdwara in UP.Similar caseIn a similar incident, the PO team arrested Lovely Sharma of LIC Colony, Mundi Kharar, Mohali, in connection with an attempt to murder case registered at the Sector 36 police station on September 29, 2019.Reportedly, Lovely had allegedly attacked a Home Guards volunteer Naresh Kumar with an iron rod in Sector 35 and had been evading arrest since then.
