1 arrested for abducting, raping woman in 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.