Bhopal, June 24 -- In a major breakthrough, Bhopal Police arrested Abrar, one of the prime absconding accused in the horrific college girls' rape and blackmail case, from a hotel in Itarsi on June 20. The arrest follows months of intense investigation into a chilling series of crimes where female students were allegedly drugged, raped, and blackmailed by a gang of their own classmates. Abrar, who had been evading arrest since April, was produced before court on June 21 and remanded to judicial custody.
The case first came to light when multiple complaints revealed an organized racket operating from rented accommodations in Bhopal's Ashoka Garden area. Police investigations uncovered that the gang, led by a senior student named Farhan, woul...