Jammu, Jan 24 (PTI) A man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a woman in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district last year, police said.

The accused was identified as Mukesh Gupta, they said.

A case was registered after a 45-year-old woman alleged that Gupta had raped her in October last at a hotel in Katra when she had come on a pilgrimage, the police said.

A police team arrested the accused from New Delhi, they said, adding that further investigation was underway.

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