By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, June 30, 2016 : Police on Thursday arrested Odisha comedy artist Tattwa Prakash Satapathy alias Papu Pom Pom. He was sent to judicial custody after he was produced before the Khordha District and Sessions Judge.

Papu had been playing the cat and mouse game with the police for over two weeks as cops were looking him as he was accused of sexual abusing a minor girl.
Commissionerate police had pasted a notice outside the residence of Papu, last night asking him to depose at the Mahila Police station in the capital city on July 7.

The notice, served under Section 41(A) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), mentioned the charges against Papu and asked him to cooperate in the investigation.
The Police had formed a special team led by Zone-1 ACP to arrest the actor, who had gone missing after a complaint was lodged at the Mahila Police station against him for sexually abusing a minor girl.

Last week, Friends Foundation had filed a complaint at Mahila Police station against Papu accusing him of sexually abusing a minor girl after promising to give her a break in films.

The Khurda Child Welfare Committee (CWC) had asked commissionerate police to register a case against Papu after it found prima facie evidence of the veracity of the charge against him during a preliminary probe conducted by it.

Though Papu Pom Pom had moved bail applications, the court in the absence of the public prosecutor, case diary and statement under section 164 of the CrPc of the victim, the court fixed the next date for the hearing of the bail pleas on July 4.

“We had moved bail applications and those have not been rejected. The court has kept them for consideration. Now the bail applications have been posted for consideration on July 4. Since the public prosecutor was not present case diary and 164 statement of the victim were not submitted the court fixed the next date of hearing on the bail pleas for July 4,” said the comedy artist’s counsel to reporters at the court premises.