Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 12: Police in Leh arrested a man from Bihar for rape and murder of a woman who was missing since November, last year and whose body was found from water canal on February 9.
The accused Siraj-u-Din resident of Bihar was arrested today. Police recovered the body of a missing woman on February 9 from a water canal at Thiksay. The woman was missing since November last year.
Senior police officers rushed to the spot and the body was retrieved from the canal. A case FIR number 139/2014 under Section 366-A RPC already stood registered in Police Station Leh. Services of army tracker dog were sought and the body was sent for post mortem.
A SIT headed by Additional SP Leh T Gyalpo assisted by Inspector SW Namgyal, SI Aman-ul-lah Khan and SI Stanzin Jigmet of Police Station Leh started the investigation.
After postmortem the body was handed over to her family members for last rites. During the investigation the police zeroed in on a suspect Siraj-u-Din resident of Sapaol, Bihar.
Siraj was putting up with the family of the victim and was a Molvi in the area. He was brought to police station for questioning. During questioning the suspect confessed his involvement in rape and murder of the deceased. He has been put behind bars. Police has launched manhunt to nab other culprits”.
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