Srinagar, March 24: Srinagar police on sunday arrested a man in Safakadal for stabbing his paternal uncle to death.
In a statement issued to Asian News Hub, a police spokesman said that this morning, a 32-year-old man identified as Fayaz Ahmad Ganie, son of Wali Mohammad Ganie and resident of Hafta Yarbal Safakadal, who was a butcher by profession, was brought to SMHS Hospital by his family members in an injured condition. The attending doctors at the hospital pronounced him dead upon arrival.
He said, during the preliminary investigation, an altercation had taken place near the victim’s residence in a slaughterhouse between one butcher, namely Irfan Ahmad Ganie, and his uncle, namely Nisar Ahmad Ganie. The deceased, Fayaz Ahmad Ganie, intervened in this altercation, and during the ensuing scuffle, Irfan Ahmad Ganie stabbed the victim, leading to his death.
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Acting swiftly, the police arrested the accused person, Irfan Ahmad Ganie, son of Mohd Shafi Ganie and resident of Hafta Yarbal Safakadal (nephew of the victim), within hours after the incident, he said.
In this regard, a case FIR No. 29/2024 under relevant sections of the law has been registered at Police Station Safakadal. The weapon of the offense has been seized. Forensic analysis and medico-legal procedures are currently underway, and further investigation is ongoing, the spokesman added.