An absconder was arrested Saturday after a five-year-long hunt, while two missing women were recovered in Rajouri district, police said.
Gorav Sharma, a resident of Sangpur village of Nowshera, wasevading arrest in connection with a case registered against him in policestation Dharamshal in 2014, a police spokesman said.
Sharma, who is facing charges under various sections of theRanbir Penal Code, including wrong restraint and voluntarily causing hurt, wasarrested during a raid by police in the Nowshera area, he said.
The spokesman said police also traced out two women who werereported missing by their families in the district recently.
A 19-year-old woman from Lamberi village, who was reportedmissing from her house under mysterious circumstances on Thursday, wasrecovered by a police party while she was heading for Kashmir via Mughal roadFriday, he said.
After completing legal formalities, the spokesman said, shewas handed over to her family.Another woman, who went missing from her housein Rajouri town five days ago, was also recovered Friday evening and handedover to her family, he said.