Baramulla: Handwara police on Saturday claimed to have solved murder case of man Mushtaq Ahmad Tanchi by arresting his elder Mohammad Akbar Tanchi who had falsely implicated the names of some relatives for killing him
The polcie in a statement said that, June 11, one Saif u din Tanchi son of Ghulam Akbar of Lahikoote Monbal lodged a written complaint to the effect that one Fareed Ahmad Tanchi son of Hakim Din Tanchi of Monbal Lahikoote has abducted his daughter namely Tabasum. On receipt of this complaint a case under FIR number 58/2020 under section 363-IPC was registered in police station Qalamabad and investigation set into motion. During the course of investigation police station Qalamabad recovered the abducted girl and arrested alleged accused person. The abducted girl was handed over to her legal heirs after completion of departmental formalities.
Subsequently on June 12 one Bashir Ahmad Tanchi son of Raj Mohammad Tanchi of Monbal Lahikoote lodged a complaint against Saif Din Tanchi and other nine accused persons alleging there in that they entered into the house of his nephew namely Mushtaq Ahmad Tanchi son Hakim Din of Lahikoote Monbal and attacked upon him with intention to kill him who during scuffle received injuries on his head. Accordingly, a case FIR number 59/2020 under section 307,147,452,323,109-IPC was registered in police station Qalamabad and investigation taken up. The injured person namely Mushtaq Ahmad Tanchi was initially shifted to Districh Hospital Handwara for treatment where from he was referred to SKIMS Srinagar for advanced treatment but he lost the struggle of life and succumbed to his injuries on June 15 and the dead body was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites after completion of departmental formalities and offence under section 302-IPC was added in the instant case.
Police constituted a special investigation team (SIT) led by SDPO Handwara Tariq Mahmood-JKPS under the close supervission of SP Handwara Dr G V Sundeep Chakravarthy-IPS for the investigation of the case .
During the course of investigation, four of the alleged accused persons were arrested and thoroughly interrogated but no clue struck out.
On Friday police station Qalamabad while continuing its efforts to solve the cold blooded murder apprehended one Mohammad Akbar Tanchi son of Hakim Din Tanchi who happens to be the elder brother of the deceased who was put on sustained interrogation.
During sustained interrogation, the apprehended person disclosed that he has attacked his own brother with an axe and falsely implicated the names of relatives of the abducted girl to take revenge on the father of the abducted girl.
On his disclosure weapon of offence i.e axe and rope and the mobile of the deceased was recovered on the instance of Mohammad Akbar Tanchi. Thus the cold- blooded murder has been solved by Handwara Police in a very short period.The investigation done by the Special Investigation Team in a professional and scientific manner to nab the actual accused has been hailed by the general public.

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