Gujarat: ATS arrests man who raped minor girl after jumping parole

Ahmedabad | Sunday | 3rd October, 2021

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Ahmedabad, Oct 3 (PTI) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday said it arrested a man who is accused of sedating and raping a minor girl in 2018 after jumping parole in a drugs case in which he was facing a 20-year jail term.

Anwar Baig alias Anwar Bandar was sentenced to death by a special NDPS court in Nadiad after he was arrested with 40-kg charas in 2004.

The death sentence was later commuted to 20 years in jail.

He had been arrested from Ahmedabad, the ATS said in a release.

In 2018, Baig jumped parole and allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl after sedating her.

He was dodging law enforcement agencies since then, the ATS said.