Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 30: Jhajjar Kotli Police arrested a rape accused, who was evading his arrest since long.
As per police sources, on May 8 this year a written complaint was lodged by a man with Police Station Jhajjar Kotli stating that a man namely Zakir Hussain, son of Nazir Ahmed of Assar Baggar District Doda has kidnapped and raped his minor girl while she was on the way to grazing cattle in the forest area of village Badsoo.
Acting over the complaint, a case under FIR Number 82/2022 under Sections 376, 506 and 34 IPC and 3/4 Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at Police Station Jhajjar Kotli and investigation started.
To arrest the alleged rapist, a team from Police Station Jhajjar Kotli led by SHO Inspector Vikram Sharma was constituted under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Pardeep Kumar.
The team did hectic efforts and finally arrested the accused person.
Further investigation into the case is going on.