Non-local labourer arrested for alleged rape in Shopian

SHOPIAN — Police have arrested a non-local labourer for allegedly raping a woman in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.

Police sources said that Police Station Keller of Shopian district arrested one non-local labourer namely Gagan Deep Shukla son of Tarshi Lal Shukla, a resident of Samri district of Jalandhar for the allegations of raping a woman who hails from Dunaroo village of Keller Shopian.

Police sources said that the accused was arrested and a formal FIR registered after they received a complaint. “Investigation has been set into motion.”

“In this regard, FIR vide number 73/2020 under Section 376, 506, 452 IPC stands registered at Police Station Keller on the written complaint of the victim.”