Police on Wednesday arrested a man accused of kidnapping and raping a minor girl in north kashmir’s Bandipora district.
An official said that Jalal-ud-din Kalas, son of Karam Din, of Malangam Bandipora raped the 13-year-old girl (name withheld) after kidnapping her from her father’s house during the intervening night of May 2 and 3.
The girl, according to the official, narrated the ordeal to her family, which later filed a complaint before police station Bandipora.
Station House Officer (SHO) Bandipora Syed Gazanfur told Greater Kashmir that the accused has been arrested.
An FIR number 50/2016 under section 363/376 RPC has been registered.
He said that the medical examination of the victim has been conducted, which confirmed the rape.