SRINAGAR: Police in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have arrested a man who had been evading arrest for 16 years in connection with a cheating and forgery case registered at Sumbal police station.
The accused, identified as Riyaz Ahmad Awan alias Jat, son of Raj Mohammad Awan and a resident of Abhama in Pulwama district, was apprehended by a police team from Sumbal police station on Wednesday.
According to police, he was wanted in connection with FIR No. 84/2010, registered under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 109 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). He had been absconding since 2010.
Police said the arrest was part of ongoing efforts to trace absconders and bring those evading the legal process to justice.
