Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 1: Shot into prominence after being at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for victim of Rasana rape and murder case in January this year, a self -styled social activist has been charged of rape by a woman in Samba district, the police said Wednesday.
Talib Hussain was arrested following a complaint lodged on Tuesday by a woman who is his relative, a police official said.
In her complaint, the woman alleged that she was raped by Hussain a month-and-a-half ago in Chadwa forest, he said.
"Hussain, armed with a knife, intercepted the woman when she had gone to the forest for grazing cattle and also thrashed her," the complaint said.
She said she remained silent for so long as Hussain had threatened to kill her and that she told her husband about the rape on Tuesday only, the police official said.
He said the activist had also been booked under the Arms Act and a probe had been launched in the case.
In June, Hussain's estranged wife registered a case against him for allegedly torturing her and demanding dowry, a charge the activist said was "aimed at maligning him for raising his voice to seek justice for the Kathua rape and murder victim."
He was granted anticipatory bail by the High Court in the case. |
