Woman 'Raped' by Army Trooper in North Kashmir
SRINAGAR; The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested an army trooper who allegedly raped a woman after barging into her house in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, sources said on Sunday.
Police Saturday evening arrested Territorial Army trooper Showkat Ahmad Malik after he forcibly entered inside a residential house near his army unit in Zurhama in the frontier district, some 80 kms from state’s capital Srinagar, and raped a woman resident.
The Territorial Army in India (commonly referred to as TA in India) is an organization of volunteers who receive military training for a few days in a year so that in case of an emergency they can be mobilized for the defence of the country. But in Kashmir the TA has been at the forefront of fighting a militant rebellion
Malik of 160 Battalion of TA is resident of Trehgam in the district.
The woman who was inside the room raised alarm, but sources said the trooper raped her before neighbours could rescue her, authoritative sources said .
They added locals caught hold of the trooper and thrashed him to pulp. Some residents tipped off the police who reached the spot and arrested the trooper.
A police official, while confirming the incident, said the trooper has been arrested and a case under FIR no. 19/2014 under section 458, 376 RPC has been registered against him and the case is being investigated.
After the incident, police sent the woman for medical examination. “We have booked him for rape,” the officer said.
Medical sources confirmed that the woman was raped. (GNS)
The Territorial Army in India (commonly referred to as TA in India) is an organization of volunteers who receive military training for a few days in a year so that in case of an emergency they can be mobilized for the defence of the country. But in Kashmir the TA has been at the forefront of fighting a militant rebellion
Malik of 160 Battalion of TA is resident of Trehgam in the district.
The woman who was inside the room raised alarm, but sources said the trooper raped her before neighbours could rescue her, authoritative sources said .
They added locals caught hold of the trooper and thrashed him to pulp. Some residents tipped off the police who reached the spot and arrested the trooper.
A police official, while confirming the incident, said the trooper has been arrested and a case under FIR no. 19/2014 under section 458, 376 RPC has been registered against him and the case is being investigated.
After the incident, police sent the woman for medical examination. “We have booked him for rape,” the officer said.
Medical sources confirmed that the woman was raped. (GNS)
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