Overview

• Ranaghat Police officers disguised themselves as fishermen, boarded a trawler about 10 km off the Kakdwip–Namkhana coast, and arrested the suspect without resistance.
• The man was wanted in the abduction and sexual assault of a minor under the POCSO Act following a missing-person complaint filed in October 2024.
• The minor was rescued in July 2025 in Kalyani and was found pregnant during medical examination, prompting the addition of POCSO provisions, with a chargesheet filed in August.
• Police say the accused repeatedly changed locations and worked on fishing boats before mobile-tower data and local intelligence pinpointed him to the coastal belt.
• The suspect was produced before a Nadia court, and officials say they are probing reported links to a broader women and child trafficking racket.