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1 arrested for abducting, raping woman in Jammu

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Press Trust of India Jammu
A man was today arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.

Shafiq Wani, who was evading arrested since July 6, was arrested by a team of Rajbagh police station from a dhaba in the district where he was hiding and working as a dishwasher from the last 10 days, a police officer said.

It should be noted that the accused's brother had filed a habeas corpus in the high court alleging that Wani was kept in illegal confinement by the people of Rajbagh area.

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First Published: Sep 01 2016 | 10:48 PM IST

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