Man Accused of Rape Wrongly Let Out of Faridabad Jail Caught in Bihar

A crime branch team of Faridabad police on Saturday arrested a man accused of raping a child, days after he was released on bail in a case of mistaken identity, officers said.

- Debashish Karmakar

GURUGRAM:

Nitesh Pandey, 27, was arrested from his native village of Kalyanpur in Bihar's Patna. He was wrongly released from Faridabad jail earlier this week instead of another inmate, also called Nitesh (single name), who was accused of trespassing and assault.

Police said that five jail officers have been suspended due to negligence and lapses in this connection.

Undertrial prisoner Pandey, 27, was sent to Faridabad jail in October 2021 for allegedly raping a nine-year-old boy twice.

On May 25 this year, 24-year-old Nitesh was lodged in the jail after being arrested in a case of house-trespass and assault.