SRINAGAR: Continuing its sustained crackdown on absconders and proclaimed offenders, Police in Sopore have arrested a wanted accused who had been evading arrest for the past eight years.
The arrested individual has been identified as Javid Ahmad Ahanger son of Ali Mohammad Ahanger resident of JudinambalPanzla, wanted in Case FIR No. 31/2014 under sections 457 and 380 RPC of Police Station Sopore.
“The accused had been on the run since 2017 to evade arrest. Acting on specific intelligence, a Police team successfully traced and apprehended him after persistent efforts. Following completion of legal formalities, he was produced before the Hon’ble Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore and subsequently lodged in Subsidiary Jail Sopore,” police said in a statement.
J&K Police reiterated its firm commitment to bringing absconders and proclaimed offenders to justice, ensuring that no one evading law remains beyond its reach.