Absconding rape suspect arrested in Jammu after 27 years

A man, who had been absconding for the past 27 years after he was booked in rape and kidnap case, was arrested Monday in Jammu district, police said. Based on a tip-off, police raided a place in Pargwal and arrested the accused, Rattan Lal, they said. Lal is booked in a rape and kidnapping case which he committed in 1991, they said, adding that he was produced before the court.