CBI arrests wife of UP engineer, accused of child abuse

Lucknow, Dec 29 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Durgawati, wife of serial child molester Ram Bhawan, for allegedly influencing the witnesses connected to the case.
Ram Bhawan, a resident of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, is a suspended engineer of the state government and accused of sexually exploiting over 50 children.
Durgawati has been remanded to judicial custody till January 4.
CBI sources said Durgawati was trying to influence and manipulate the prime witnesses in the case against her husband.
It may be recalled that the CBI had arrested Ram Bhawan in November.
A junior engineer of Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, he was held for sexually exploiting minors, recording videos of the act and circulating them on the dark web.