LUCKNOW, Jan. 10 -- The Lucknow police on Friday arrested Rameezuddin Nayak alias Rameez Malik, 31, a senior resident doctor accused of sexually exploiting his 28-year-old colleague on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to undergo religious conversion.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Vishwajeet Srivastava said the absconding accused carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 was arrested by a joint team of the Lucknow (west) surveillance unit and Chowk police near the City Station gate. "Malik, who is pursuing MD in pathology at King George's Medical University (KGMU), had been evading arrest since the registration of the FIR and was hiding in the Thakurganj area of the city," the DCP said.

According to police, the case was registered at ...