Srinagar, Apr 19 (KNS): Police on Tuesday arrested one among the two accused in connection with an alleged molestation of a minor girl allegedly by an army man in Handwara while it has also launched manhunt to arrest another accused of the case.
SP Handwara, Ghulam Jeelani Wani told KNS that Hilal Ahmed Bandey, one among the two accused, who is professionally a shopkeeper was arrested and is currently being questioned.
He said that another accused of the case is yet to be arrested. “We are currently tracing another accused of the case and hopefully he will be arrested soon,” he said.
Wani told KNS that FIR was already registered in this regard. “The investigation in the matter has been started,” he said.
The arrested youth was one among the two accused persons who were named by a minor girl in her statement before Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM).Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Pertinently, the locals alleged that a girl was molested by an army man in Handwara town.
Protests erupted in the area against an incident while three civilians including a woman were killed on April 12.
Following the protests against the Handwara killings, two more youth were killed in subsequent protests in two different areas of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Locals demanded removal of army bunkers from the area, which was accepted by the administration and removed all the three bunkers situated in the town.
The administration had also clamped strict curfew in the area to thwart any possible protests against the killings in the district.
Nonetheless, the administration today decided to lift the restrictions from the area on Wednesday. (KNS)