Arshad Farooq
Srinagar, Apr 22: Police on Thursday claimed to have solved a blind murder case by arresting two accused, including the wife of the deceased and her paramour, in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.
A senior police officer said that on the intervening night of March and March 9, 2021 one Mohammad Altaf Malik was found dead near his cowshed at Renji Pattan in Baramulla. “On March 22 brother of the deceased submitted an application for initiating inquest proceedings as he and his family members were suspicious regarding the death,” he said.
He said accordingly as per formal orders of District Magistrate Baramulla, the dead body was exhumed and post mortem was conducted by a Panel of Doctors from GMC Baramulla. “After the receipt of interim Medical Report and the statement of some prime witnesses the inquest proceedings U/S 174 CrPC were converted into FIR vide No. 62/2021 H/S 302 IPC of Police Station Patton. The investigation was headed by SDPO Patten alongwith his team,” he said.
He said the SIT team initiated a thorough investigation, activated all sources and by using a blend of technical and human intelligence, police could finally fix the radar on the wife of the deceased, Tasleema Begum. “She was last seen with the deceased and was put to sustained questioning during which she disclosed the commission of the crime alongwith one Ghulam Mohd Dar, a resident of Rio Renji,” he said.
He said the duo had hatched a conspiracy to kill the deceased a month before the occurrence as they were in an illegitimate relationship. “On March 8 both gave the final touch to their plan and accordingly Tasleema called Ghulam Mohammad during night and they both bludgeoned Altaf to death,” he said.
Thereafter, he said they took the body and threw it near cowshed to conceal the manner of death and camouflage it as death due to slipping. “Both the accused have been arrested and the weapon of offence has been recovered on their disclosure,” he said.
“Further investigation is in progress,” he added.
