Kupwara Police attach residential property of absconder

Kupwara, Nov 18: Police on Monday attached residential property of a man evading arrest for the last 7 years in Chek Zirhama area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Police in a statement said, “Acting on the orders of the Hon’ble District Sessions Court Kupwara under Section 83 CrPC, Police Station Trehgam has attached the immovable property of an accused who has been absconding for the past 7 years”.

“The property, a residential house, located in Chek Zirhama belongs to the accused Ghulam Mohammed Khan, son of Akram Khan, who is wanted in connection with an FIR Number 277/2017 under section 366, 376 & 109 of RPC in Police Station Kupwara," reads the statement.

"Despite repeated summons and a proclamation issued under Section 82 CrPC, the accused has evaded legal proceedings, prompting the court to authorise the attachment as a measure to compel his surrender," reads the statement further.