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Three Arrested in Bhopal for Sheltering Raisen Child Rape Suspect

Police link the arrests to leads from the suspect’s interrogation following a six-day manhunt.

Overview

  • Raisen police named Zaid Khan, Insaf Hussain and Shehzad Khan as the alleged helpers and a Gauharganj court sent them to judicial custody.
  • The accused, Salman Khan, was captured in Bhopal after a six-day search that police said ended in an encounter, and he has been moved to Central Jail.
  • According to police, interrogation of Salman Khan detailed his escape to Bhopal, theft of two phones, sale of one on November 26 and temporary shelter and work arranged by Zaid Khan and Insaf Hussain.
  • Officers said the probe also traced the dismantling of a stolen phone to scrap dealings linked to Shehzad, prompting arrests for aiding and abetting.
  • Doctors at AIIMS Bhopal discharged the six-year-old girl to home care after improvement, following earlier protests and road blockades in Raisen.