Man evading arrest for 6 years held in JK

Police today claimed to have arrested a man, who had been evading arrest for six years, from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir over his alleged role in rioting.

Shokit Ali of Nangali Poonch was held in a raid yesterday, they said.

A case under section341 (wrongful confinement), 323 (causing injuries), 147 (rioting), 427 (causing damage to property) and447 (criminal trespass) of Ranbir Panel Code (RPC) had been registered against the accused in Poonch police station, they added.