Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasaragod (EP)
Kasaragod, March 30: Nileshwar police have arrested an accused of Assam origin under the Pocso Act who was absconding for the last six months after obtaining bail.
The accused, identified as Assam Milanpur resident Shekhar Choudhary (42), was employed in a plywood company at Chahot in 2016 and was arrested for sexual assault of a minor girl.
He was in judicial custody at Kannur central jail and was absconding after obtaining bail.
The court had released an arrest warrant in his name. Police have arrested him from Assam, escorted him to Kasaragod and produced him before the court.