Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): An Army colonel accused of raping his friend’s Russian wife after sedating her husband at the Officers’ Mess in Cantonment area, has been arrested He was arrested late Tuesday, police said. Superintendent of Police (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal, said, “Col Neeraj Gahlot was arrested while trying to flee to an unknown place to evade his arrest.” The police had launched a manhunt for Col. Neeraj Gahlot whose mobile location was traced in the vicinity of officers’ mess Monday evening but he managed to evade arrest. Cantonment Circle, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Nikhil Pathak, said that a team headed by Chakeri police SHO Ravi Srivastava was dispatched to nab the absconding officer, but his room was found locked from outside.