Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Jan 18: Police today arrested a person for raping a minor girl in Haripur Padel area of tehsil Hiranagar.
As per police sources, a man from Haripur Padel, tehsil hiranagar lodged a written complaint with police post Marheen that her daughter has been raped by a person identified as Rakesh Sharma, son of Kartar Chand of Haripur Padel.
Actinng on the complaint, police conducted the medical exminaion of the girl, which proved that the girl has been raped.
Accordingly a case under FIR number 6/15 under section 376 RPC got registered with police station Rajbagh and manhunt was launched to nab the rapist.
On specific information, police team from Marheen police post arrested the accused within 24 hours.
Police team led by incharge police post Marheen PSI Anand Dutta made the arrest under the direct supervision of SHO Rajbagh police station SI Sachinder Pal Singh and SDPO Border DySP Diwaker Singh.
Further investigation into the case is going on.