Srinagar, June 6 -- After five months, Jammu and Kashmir Police have cracked the rape case of a mentally challenged 16-year-old girl who had become pregnant after the assault and arrested three persons in North Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Officials said that the Baramulla police achieved the critical breakthrough in the investigation of the POCSO case resulting in the identification and arrest of three accused persons while also DNA evidence identified the perpetrator who was responsible for the minor's assault leading to her pregnancy.

A police spokesperson said that they filed a case in January 2025 in Kunzer Police Station under relevant sections of the POCSO Act and BNS after the 16-year-old girl was found to be 25 weeks pregnant ...