Police cracks TA soldier’s murder case in South Kashmir

Shopian: Shopian police Wednesday claimed that it has cracked the blind murder case of Territorial Army soldier Irfan Ahmed Dar and has arrested a newly recruited militant.
Pertinently, the bullet-riddled body of the said Jawan was recovered from village Wuthmula on 25th of November 2017 and consequently case FIR No 298/2017 of Police Station Shopian under section 302 RPC and 16 UA (P) act was registered and investigation was taken up.
The investigation conducted so far has revealed that militants involving Saddam Padder resident of Heff, Bilal Mohand resident of Heff, Touseef resident of Gadbugh and one newly recruited unidentified militant along with arrested accused Muzamil resident of Shirmal hatched a criminal conspiracy to kill the sepoy Irfan Dar.
In pursuance of the said criminal conspiracy, on 24th November, the accused Muzamil went to the native village of Irfan and took him to Wuthmula where the militants were already present in a nearby orchard. They came out from the orchard and fired at the Sepoy Irfan, resulting in instant death of the victim on the spot.
After executing the gruesome murder, all of them fled from the spot.
Police on the basis of evidence available could unearth the entire chain of conspiracy and finally nabbed accused Muzamil who is presently in custody. “The lookout for the other three militants is on and necessary legal proceedings are in progress to complete the investigation of the instant case,” said a police spokesperson.