A man, facing rape charges, was today arrested after remaining untraced for nearly two years in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said.
The absconder, Mohammad Shafeeq of Pargal-Darhal, was arrested from Thanamandi area of the district, a police spokesperson said.
He said that the accused had allegedly kidnapped and raped a girl in 2016 and a case of rape stands registered against him in police station Darhal.
He is also facing the charges of house-trespassing, wrongful confinement and rioting under the Ranbir Penal Code in the same case.
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