Evading Arrest Absconder’s Residential Property Attached in North Kashmir

Jahangir Lolabi

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached residential property of a man evading arrest for last seven years in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an Police Spokesperson said on Monday.

“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 seven years,” the Spokesperson said.

“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.”

Despite repeated summons and a proclamation issued under Section 82 CrPC, the accused, as per the Spokesperson, has evaded legal proceedings, prompting the court to authorize the attachment as a measure to compel his surrender.