Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, May 16 : Samba police today arrested one person for allegedly beating a shopkeeper to death here on May 12.
The arrested person has been identified as Aman Singh who beat Chandrakant Laxman Khopkar a shopkeeper to death. The arrest was made by the police on the basis of a written complaint lodged by the wife of deceased in Police Station Samba next day.
Meanwhile Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Benam Tosh has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by DySP rank officer to conduct in-depth investigation of the case in professional manner.
Police said on May 13 a written complaint was received at Police Station Samba from the wife of the deceased stating therein that on May 12 her husband namely Chandrakant Laxman Khopkar while on way to his shop was wrongfully restrained and beaten up by one Aman Singh son of Karan Singh of Kheli Mandi Samba. The victim Chandrakant Laxman Khopkar of Sangli, Maharashtra at present Upper Bazar Samba was immediately shifted to District Hospital Samba from where he was further referred to GMC Jammu for treatment where he succumbed to internal injuries.
Police has arrested murder accused Aman Singh and his interrogation is going on. Further investigation of the case is being conducted by Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Garu Ram Bhardwaj with SHO PS, Samba Rajeshwar Singh, PSI, Davinder Singh and ASI, Manzoor Hussain as SIT members.
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