SRINAGAR: In a distressing event, the Jammu and Kashmir police have apprehended a Sarpanch from the Baramulla district in North Kashmir on charges of sexual assault against a woman. The Sarpanch is affiliated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).
An official 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)
