Sopore, April 19: A Sarpanch affiliated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Rafiabad area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that Ali Mohammed Dar son of Abdul Ahad Dar, Sarpanch of Rawoocha village of Rafiabad was arrested for allegedly raping a woman.
He was arrested following a complaint by a woman that she was raped and impregnated by the Sarpanch, he said.
The official said a case FIR No 26/2023 u/s 376, 506, 109 IPC has been registered at Police Station Dangiwacha and further investigation has been set into motion.
Notably, Dar was earlier arrested for being a militant associate in 2017 and was later released—(KNO)
