Fifth accused in Jalandhar spa gangrape case arrested

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 28

The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested the fifth accused in the gangrape case of a Ludhiana-based girl at a spa in Model Town here.

The accused is Arshad Khan, a resident of Garha, and he was nabbed by the police team from Nakodar Chowk. Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the Special Investigation Team and Division No. 6 police in a joint operation had nabbed the accused, who was on the run after.

Earlier, the police teams had arrested four of the accused including main accused Ashish Bahal, kingpin and Ludhiana resident Jyoti, Sohit Sharma and Inder. The CP said the investigation officers were questioning the arrested accused to further probe the matter and would be presented before the court.

The CP said the SIT would furnish its investigation in a time-bound manner so that a chargesheet against the accused could be presented before the court at the earliest to ensure timely justice to the victim.