Sanatan Thakur alias Goswami has been arrested, almost two weeks after he raped and inserted needles

, TheCops have finally managed to arrest 62-year-old , who has been accused of inserting needles into the body of a three-year old girl, eventually leading to her death on 21 July. He allegedly physically assaulted the girl and performed witchcraft on her.

The incident had come to light on 11 July, when the girl's mother had taken her daughter to Bankura medical college and hospital after complain of cough and cold.

Sanatan was nabbed from Pipri, a small town in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh bordering Bihar and Jharkhand. He had been hiding there under the guise of a sadhu.