Husband of Uttarakhand Minister Rekha Arya, Girdhari Lal Sahu, arrested from Jhansi

Girdhari Lal Sahu, also known as Pappu Girdhari and husband of Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya, has been arrested by the police. According to reports received today, the Dehradun police apprehended him from Jhansi city in Uttar Pradesh. He had been evading arrest and was absconding since a case was registered against him under serious charges based on a complaint filed by his wife.

Police had been conducting continuous raids across various areas of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in search of him, but no clue was found for a long time. He has finally been arrested from Jhansi, following which the police will now initiate further legal proceedings in this matter.

The entire incident began on 15 October 2026, when Rekha Arya, serving as the Minister for Women and Child Welfare in the Uttarakhand government, filed an FIR against her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu at the Dehradun Cantt police station. In her complaint, Minister Rekha Arya made extremely serious allegations against her husband. She stated that her husband was harassing her mentally and physically. Additionally, she accused Girdhari Lal Sahu of fraud, hatching a criminal conspiracy, and conspiring to kill her.

Based on the complaint filed by the Minister, the police immediately registered a case and commenced an investigation. Considering the gravity of the case, senior officials constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a deep probe into the matter. The SIT began the process of collecting evidence and searching for the accused.

While the police were making efforts to arrest him, Pappu Girdhari sought legal recourse to avoid arrest. He applied for anticipatory bail in court, but the court dismissed his application. Furthermore, on 4 November, he filed a new petition in the Uttarakhand High Court, seeking the quashing of the FIR registered by the police and a stay on his arrest. However, the High Court also rejected his demand and dismissed the petition.

In this family dispute, it was not only the wife who made allegations, but Girdhari Lal Sahu also counter-attacked. He leveled serious allegations of corruption against his wife, Minister Rekha Arya. Due to these serious accusations exchanged between the husband and wife, this matter remained a subject of intense discussion in the state.

Now that Pappu Girdhari has been arrested from Jhansi, all eyes are on what new facts will emerge in the police investigation and in which direction this case will proceed. The police will now interrogate the accused and verify the truth of all the points mentioned in the complaint.