Expelled BSF official held in Delhi for cruelty towards wife

A dismissed BSF constable, who was declared a proclaimed offender, has been arrested in connection with a case of criminal breach of trust and cruelty towards his wife, police said today.

Rahul Arora was apprehended by a team led by ACP Sandeep Lamba under the supervision of DCP Rajesh Deo from his room in Chhatarpur area on January 14, where he was living with his new live-in partner, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch).

Arora, who joined Border Security Force (BSF) as a head constable in 1998 due to his expertise in water sports, was dismissed from the service in 2009 after he absconded from his duties without informing the force about his antecedents.
 

"He got married in 2007 but his married life ran into rough waters. His wife gave birth to a son in 2008 and in order to save the marriage, the couple started living separately from his parents as a last-ditch effort but to no avail," said Yadav.

He left his wife and the two-year-old son in 2010 without informing anyone about his new location and started working as a labourer in order to earn a livelihood first in Dehradun and then Delhi.

"His wife got a case under sections 498-A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust) read with 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC registered against him and her in-laws," Yadav said.

Arora did not join the investigation despite several reminders sent by the Investigating Officer.

"He was declared a Proclaimed Offender at the time of filing the chargesheet. In June 2016, on the directions of the court, a reward of Rs 50,000 was declared on his arrest," said the officer.

After he came back to Delhi from Dehradun, he met his new live-in partner and started working with her as event coordinator in marriage functions and tent houses. They were living together for the past around three years.