Agrawal had been on the run, hiding in India, after the release of the executive director of Bharatpur Cancer Hospital after 18 days in captivity. A heavy ransom worth more than Rs 10 million was paid to secure his release. [break]
Agrawal had allegedly plotted the renowned surgeon´s abduction together with Bhimsen Pandit, who is yet to be nabbed.
Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) claimed that a team under a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) had arrested Agrawal from Gaddachouki in Kanchanpur district on Wednesday afternoon. He was there with a plan to kidnap another Nepali businessman. CIB also said that Agrawal was found possessing brown sugar at the time of the arrest.
Sources, however, claim that the arrest was a reciprocal gesture from the Indian police after Nepal Police agreed to hand over two Indian criminals currently lodged in a jail in the capital.
Agrawal has been charged with several crimes in Nepal including four kidnappings. He was arrested and released on bail in connection with a kidnapping case in 2009. Badri Dhungana, Sunil Shrestha and Navin Shrestha who were also involved in Bhaktaman´s kidnapping are already in prison.
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