Srinagar: Police have arrested three persons for allegedly murdering a man suspecting that he was having an affair with sister of one of the accused.
A police spokesperson said that On June 27, Police Station Chrar-i-Sharief received a complaint from Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Watkulu that his son Samir Ahmad Dar was missing from June 24. Police filed a missing report and started investigation.
On July 10, body of the missing person was found in irrigation Dam at Yousmarg and on the basis of evidence, a case (FIR no. 43/2018) under section 302 RPC (murder) was registered and investigation was initiated.
To crack the case, a SIT headed by SDPO Khansahib Mohammad Aftab Awan was constituted, the spokesperson said.
During the course of investigation, he said, three accused persons identified as Shahid Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar resident of Nasarpora Shopian, Habibullah Dar son of Ghulam Qadir Dar and Shahid Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar, both residents of Doonkulpathri were found involved in commission of the crime and were arrested.
“Further investigations revealed that the motive for commission of crime was a grudge against deceased, on account of affair of deceased with sister of one of the accused,” he said.
After following the due procedure of law, he said, the investigation report would be submitted before the competent Court of law for trial.
