Bhilwara: Tonk police Thursday arrested a man accused in a rape and blackmail case after he returned from Saudi Arabia, where he had allegedly been staying to evade arrest.Police had issued a lookout notice in connection with the case. The accused, identified as Wasimuddin, was taken into custody at Jaipur airport. Airport police detained him upon his arrival around 5 am and alerted Tonk police, who subsequently arrested him.Kotwali police station SHO Bhanwar Lal Vaishnav said the case dates back to 2020. The survivor had initially lodged a zero FIR in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that the accused raped her and later recorded obscene photographs and videos.According to the complaint, after the woman got married, the accused allegedly used the material to blackmail her and sent the photographs and videos to her husband.Police said the accused fled the country after the case was registered and was staying in Saudi Arabia to evade arrest. Investigators had issued notices and questioned family members during efforts to trace him.Following his return to India, he was detained at Jaipur airport and formally arrested by Tonk police. Further investigation is underway.
