Army trooper arrested on rape charges in north Kashmir Srinagar, April 06: (GNS) The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested an army trooper who allegedly raped a woman after barging into her house in Kupwara, sources said on Sunday. Police Saturday evening arrested Territorial Army trooper Showkat Ahmad Malik after he forcibly entered inside a residential house near his army unit at Zurhama , some 80 kms from state’s capital Srinagar, and raped a woman. Official sources told GNS that Showkat Malik (belt no. 12954783)of 160 TA, is resident of Trehgam. The woman who was inside the room raised alarm, but sources said the trooper raped her before neighbours rushed in. Sources said locals caught hold of the trooper and thrashed him. Some residents tipped off the police who reached the spot and arrested the trooper. A police official while confirming the incident said that a TA jawan has been arrested and a case under FIR no. 19/2014 under section 458, 376 RPC has been registered against him and further investigations taken up. Police sent the woman for medical examination. “We have booked him for rape,” the officer said. Medical sources confirmed that the woman was raped.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:23:43 +0000
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