SRINAGAR: Four-person including a policeman and a retired Army jawan-one report said he too is a cop- are amongst four persons apprehended by the Jammu and Kashmir cops on charge of raping a small girl from the Union Territory's Kulgam district.

More shockingly, the woman has been discovered to be pregnant during the medical examination.The cops sources said that the accused have been booked under the Defense of Kid from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sections 342, 109 and 376D of IPC together with a female.

The victim aged about 16 years is a local of Qazigund location of Kulgam.

Verifying it, a cops representative stated that police headquarters Qazigund got a composed problem from a regional resident alleging therein that her daughter (name kept) was raped by 3 individuals at Bonigam, Qazigund with the help of a female of Damjen location of the exact same district.

The said offense as per the complainant emerged throughout the course of a medical checkup where she was discovered pregnant, the cops said.After signing up the FIR under relevant sections of the law, the authorities detained the implicated identified as Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Aejaz Ahmad Shah, Kifayat Ahmad Malik and Shabrooza.

The authorities claimed that during examination, it surfaced that the accused cop Zahoor Mir was not on duty when the crime happened nor was it committed inside authorities properties .

The authorities likewise said that in addition to criminal proceedings, department questions has actually been initiated against the accused cop.

It assured individuals that strict action will be taken against wrongdoers, despite their position or positioning.