Rape accused caught after five years

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Updated At : 11:49 AM May 20, 2021 IST

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Jammu, May 19

A rape accused was arrested from Srinagar district after a five-year hunt on Wednesday.

Sartaj Aziz, a resident of Bagga village of Mahore in Reasi district, was on the run for the past five years after jumping bail in a case related to the abduction and rape of a woman in 2012, a police official said.

He said the chargesheet against the accused was filed in a court in Reasi on April 10, 2012, but the accused evaded trial to escape conviction by jumping the bail. On June 2, the court issued non-bailable warrants to arrest him but he could not be traced for five years.

The Reasi police developed a specific input and finally arrested him from Batmaloo area of Srinagar. The official said the accused is the tenth absconder arrested by the Reasi police in the past one month. — PTI

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