Suhail Rathore
Bandipora , March 24: JK police has found a non local carpenter guilty of killing his friend who was allegedly trying to flirt with his teenage girl friend- a 17 year old Kashmir girl who assisted his boy friend in the murder.
ON March 13, a dead body was recovered from Banyari village of Bandipora district which was later identified as Buta Ram -a carpenter from Dharchak Tehsil of District Gurdaspur, currently staying put in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar.
JK Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved the case which was seen as a blind murder case as the body was fished out from Wular lake with least evidences available.
Investigating Officer Sub-Divisional Police Officer Rashid Akbar and Inspector Mehboob Banday said the deceased was putting up in a rented accommodation in Srinagar along with associate Harjeet Singh of Amritsar Punjab.
During investigation it was revealed that Harjeet Singh was involved in love affairs with a girl (name withheld) in the neighbourhood. It was said that the girl complained to her boy friend (Harjeet Singh) that Buta Ram was trying to flirt with her.
Jealous over this, Harjheet Singh planned to kill his roommate Bitu and for this his girl friend assisted him to wipe out him from the scene.
“He hatched a criminal conspiracy with the girl and her two brothers Umar Bashir Mir and Bilal Ahmad Mir for eliminating Buta Ram alias Bitu,” Police said.
During the intervening night of March 3 and 4, Harjeet Singh hit on the head of the victim by hammer and his associates Umar Bashir Mir, Bilal Ahmad Mir and their sister (Singh’s girl friend) helped him in executing the plan of murder and destroying circumstantial evidence.
The officers said at about 4am accused Harjeet Singh and Umar Bashir Mir wrapped the body of Bitu in a canvas sheet, thereafter took the body on a motorcycle and threw it into the river Jhelum from Nowakadal Bridge Srinagar at 5 am.
Police said during the course of investigation a mobile phone bill was recovered from the deceased when it was fished out from Banyari village after ten days of murder.
“The details of the bill were verified from concern retailer which was found in the name of Bitu. Accordingly SIT brought several persons who were close to the victim for questioning and team got some important leads. On the basis of those leads four persons were detained,” the police statement reads.
All the accused have been arrested and are on police remand. Police said the matter was taken with the Punjab Police and the body of deceased has been handed over to his legal heirs for last rites.
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