Prime accused in rape, POCSO Act arrested

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 5: Domana Police arrested prime accused, who was wanted in a rape and Prevention of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act case.
As per police sources, a report regarding rape of a minor girl was lodged in Police Station Domana in the month of February last year.
Acting over the report, a case under FIR Number 99/2020 under Sections 366-A and 376 IPC and 3/4 POCSO Act was registered at Police Station Domana and medical examination of the victim was conducted.
After medical examination, the victim was handed over to family members and hunt was launched to nab the accused.
During the course of investigation, it came to fore that the accused identified as Yasir Khan, son of Zakir Hussain of Takku Chak Domana District Jammu has fled outside Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
After this, different teams of Police Station Domana were constituted under the supervision of SDPO Domana Kosheen Koul for the search and arrest of the accused person.
Police team led by SHO Domana Inspector Chanchal Singh and assisted by PSI Kulvinder Dev followed up the leads of the case and raided various places in Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand and finally with the technical assistance and support of the local police of that area, finally arrested the accused from Piran Kaliyar area, Roorkee.
Further investigation into the case is going on.