New Delhi: A man who had slapped NCP chief Sharad Pawar here in 2011 has been arrested by Delhi Police. Arvinder Singh, also known as Harvinder Singh, was declared Proclaimed Offender by Delhi court in 2014 and had been evading his arrest for a long time, according to police.

Sharad Pawar was the Union Agriculture Minister then and was attacked by Singh at the capital’s NDMC Centre over graft and high prices of food items.

Arvinder Singh, also known as Harvinder Singh was involved in two cases of assault. The 36-year-old was involved in two cases of assault registered under Sections 323, 353, 506, and 309 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Connaught Place Police Station and under Sections 186, 353 and 506 of IPC at Police Station Parliament Street and was declared Proclaimed Offender in both the cases. (WATCH VIDEO OF THE ATTACK BELOW)



First case: Assault on Sharad Pawar

The first case was registered on November 24, 2011, at Connaught Place Police Station here for assault on Sharad Pawar, the then Minister of Agriculture, Government of India at NDMC Convention Hall, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Arvinder Singh was arrested in the said case and was facing trial. However, he disappeared during the course of trial and was declared Proclaimed Offender by the Court of Pargati, Ld MM, Patiala House Court, New Delhi on March 29, 2014.

Second case: Had attacked a constable

Another case was registered at Parliament Street Police Station against Singh for assaulting a Police Constable on duty at Jantar Mantar. He disappeared during the course of trial and was declared Proclaimed Offender by the Court of Preeti Parewa, Ld. MM, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi on April 20, 2019.

Dodged cops, shifted base

According to the police, a dedicated team of officers from Mandir Marg Police Station comprising of Sub-Inspector Jai Singh and Head Constable Kuldeep Singh under the supervision of Akhileshwar Swaroop Yadav, ACP Connaught Place and Inspector Vikramjit Singh SHO, Mandir Marg arrested the Proclaimed Offender.

Several visits were made to trace the accused at his native address but he quietly shifted to some unknown place. On November 11, the team received credible information regarding the new address of the Proclaimed Offender. The police team reached the place of information, cornered and nabbed him.

After due verification, the proclaimed offender was arrested under the related sections of Law.

(With additional information from ANI)