Police arrest Muzaffarnagar riots gang-rape accused

Police have arrested one person accused of gang-raping a woman at Lank of Muzaffarnagar during last year's riots.

The accused, Maheshvir Singh, was arrested on Thursday, a police officer said. He had been sent to 14 days' judicial custody after being produced before the court of additional chief judicial magistrate Sunder Lal.

A local court had earlier issued arrest warrants against Maheshvir and two others, Kuldeep and Sikander, in connection with the gang rape of a woman at Lank village in Muzaffarnagar. As many as seven cases of gang rape registered from lank village during last year's riots.