Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 8: Police today said that it have arrested an accused allegedly involved in kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in Vilgam area of Handwara in Kupwara district.
A police spokesman said that the police in Vilgam received an information from one person that his minor grand daughter, about 14 years old, was kidnapped and raped by one person namely Mohammad Yaseen Chauhan.
On this information, a case under FIR number 114/2017 under Sections 363, 376 RPC was registered in Police Station Vilgam and investigation was set into motion.
“During the course of investigation, various raids were conducted in order to trace the accused involved in the crime. After strenuous efforts, police succeeded in tracing and arresting the accused,” he said.