Rohtak, June 30 -- The Haryana State Crime Branch on Sunday arrested former Akhil Bharatiya Bishnoi Mahasabha president Devendra Bishnoi, also known as Budia, from Jodhpur, Rajasthan-five months after he was booked in a rape case filed in Hisar district.

According to police officials, Bishnoi had been absconding after being accused of repeatedly raping a 20-year-old woman under the pretext of helping her go abroad for higher education.

Contrary to Bishnoi's claim on social media that he voluntarily appeared before the investigating officer to "foil a conspiracy" against him, inspector Pawan Kumar of the State Crime Branch confirmed that the accused was arrested and had not surrendered.

"We will produce him before a Hisar court on Monda...