Police arrests three absconders evading arrest
Srinagar: In its ongoing crackdown on absconders and proclaimed offenders, police apprehended three long-time absconders in Srinagar and Shopian, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
He said that in Srinagar, the two absconders identified as Waseem Bhat son of Abdul Majeed Bhat resident of Al-Farooq Colony, presently residing in Hamdaniya Colony, Bemina, who has been absconding since 2013 and Abdul Rashid Shiekh son of Abdul Ahad Shiekh resident of Athwajan Panthachowk, who has been absconding since 2021 have been arrested following specific intelligence inputs. Subsequently, the necessary legal formalities were completed and the accused persons were produced before the concerned court in Srinagar.
Similarly in Shopian, police arrested an absconder who had been evading arrest for the past 10 years. The arrested individual has been identified as Abdul Hamid Sheikh, son of Ghulam Mohd Sheikh, resident of Peerpora, who was wanted in Case FIR No. 81/2015, under section 307 RPC. A warrant under Section 512 CrPC had been issued against him by the court of Law. After his arrest, the accused was produced before the court, as per legal formalities, the spokesman said.
