National Level Wrestler Arrested on Charges of Rape, Abduction & POCSO Act

New Delhi: Naresh Sehrawat, a 38-year-old national level wrestler alleged to be involved in a rape, kidnapping, and POCSO Act case was arrested by Delhi police on Thursday.

According to police sources, he was absconding after a rape, kidnapping, and POCSO Act case was registered against him at Chhawla police station in 2019. Beforehand in 2012, he had also escaped from judicial custody.

In August 2019, Sehrawat and his brother-in-law Manjeet allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl. Manjeet was arrested in 2019 while Sehrawat absconded.

Sehrawat was nabbed from the Najafgarh area of Delhi while he was trying to escape.

Sehrawat had started wrestling after joining a local akhada in 2002. He took part in several national level wrestling championships. He was also an akhara mate of Olympian Sushil Kumar at Chhatrasal Stadium, police sources said.