ARA, Jan. 24 -- With the arrest of a young man named Rupesh Kumar Chaubey, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team is close to solving the mystery of the kidnapping of teacher Kamlesh Rai, a resident of Kolharampur village in Barhara block of Bhojpur, who was kidnapped on July 13, 2023.

The arrest has been confirmed by CBI's joint director for Bihar-Jharkhand, Rajiv Ranjan.

Chaubey was arrested on January 19 and was remanded into the CBI custody. His alleged fiancee is a serving police officer in whose collusion, he is suspected of orchestrating kidnapping and possible murder.

According to officials aware of Chaubey's arrest and other details in the case, he originally hails from Buxar district and used to do a part-time job whi...