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Talib Hussain, a resident of Majalta village of J&K’s Udhampur district, shot into prominence after being at the forefront of a campaign to seek justice for the eight-year-old Kathua rape- murder victim. (Representational Image | PTI) Talib Hussain, a Jammu-based social activist and lawyer who shot into prominence after he appeared in the case on behalf of the eight-year-old nomad Kathua gang-rape and murder victim’s family has been arrested by the police over attempt to rape charges. The police said that Hussain was taken into custody from Tral area in Kashmir Valley’s southern Pulwama district after the woman who is related to him lodged a complaint that he attempted rape on her in woods of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in June this year. “We have booked him under Section 376 of Ranbir Penal Code (attempt to rape) and Section 4/15A of the Arms Act after registering an FIR (Number 221/ 2018)”, said Station House Officer (SHO) of Samba Police Station, Chanchal Singh. He...