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Indore, Oct 26 (PTI) Police on Tuesday arrested Karan Morwal, the son of a Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh, who was absconding for over six months after a woman lodged a rape case against him, an official said.
Karan Morwal is the son of Murli Morwal, the legislator from Badnagar in the Ujjain district.
Police had earlier announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest.
Based on a tip-off, Karan Morwal (30) was arrested near Maksi town in Shajapur district, about 80 km from Indore, Jyoti Sharma, in-charge of the women"s police station in Indore, told PTI.
A joint team of women personnel and crime branch sleuths nabbed the accused while he was going in a car with an accomplice - Rahul Rathore, she said.
The accused was remanded in police custody by a local court for a day, an official said.