Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 11: Srinagar police today solved a blind murder case in record time and arrested accused involved in the commission of crime.
A police spokesperson said that on 13-11-2020 Police Station Nigeen received directions from the Court of CJM Srinagar for filing a report in the light of petition filed by complainant namely Nasir Hussain Kawa son of Ghulam Hassan Kawa, resident of Kawpora Shadipora alleging that he was engaged to one Shahnaza daughter of Late Mohd Qasim Sultan resident of Sultan Mohalla Saida Kadal Srinagar and his marriage was fixed on 4/5 November 2020.
“On 4/11/20 morning, he was informed that the lady died due to heart attack. Finally, the complainant stated that he had apprehensions of the lady being murdered. Accordingly, proceedings under section 174 CRPC was initiated,” police said.
Police said that the investigating officers learnt from the medical reports that the lady was murdered. The proceedings u/s 174 CrPC were converted into a formal criminal Case FIR No. 182/20 U/S 302 IPC was registered in PS Nigeen.
After that, a special investigating team led by SHO Nigeen under the supervision of SDPO Zakoora immediately swung into action and started rounding up suspects in the instant case.
After hectic efforts and on human intelligence, police said that the Special Team got the clues which were indicating the involvement of the family of the deceased.
“Among the suspects, Wajid Gulzar Sultan (nephew of the Victim) was put to sustained questioning. He confessed to the crime and divulged the details & the sequence of events. He revealed that he along with his uncle namely Mohammad Shafi Sultan & Sister namely Nighat Gulzar hatched a conspiracy to eliminate the lady namely Shahnaza as she has been their eyesore.”
Accordingly, police said, on 3/11/20, they all hatched a conspiracy to eliminate her.
“As the victim used to wake up for prayers very early in the morning; on 4/11/20 wee hours, as she was busy in prayers, Shafi along with Nighat & Wajid entered the room & attacked the victim from behind & smothered her till death. Then they flattened & strangulated her with a Golden coloured piece of cloth in order to ensure her death. Later on, they tied the cloth with a fan and tied the dead body with it for deriving an assumption that she has hanged herself to death,” the police said.
The motive of the murder, the police said, was that Shafi being the stepbrother of the victim was not in good relationship with the victim and used to harass her on one pretext or other.
“After the disclosure of the accused & the linkage of other evidence, all of them were arrested. The article of the offence was identified by the accused & recovered from their house. Further investigation into the case is in progress,” police said.
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