Budgam police on Saturday said to have arrested a man for murdering his wife in Nasrulla pora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
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A police spokesman in a statement said that Police Station Budgam received an information that one person namely Ghulam Mohammad Bhat son of Saif u din Bhat resident of Nasrullaora Budgam age about 47 years is trying to bury the deadbody of his wife who had died under mysterious circumstances.
He said that upon recieving this information, police party of Police Station Budgam rushed to the house where lady had died and found the death to be suspicious. Accordingly senior police officers rushed to the spot to examine the scene of crime.
Upon examination of the dead body, visible torture marks were found on the neck of the deceased lady and subsequently the deadbody was taken into possession by Police for legal formalities, he said.
On saturday post mortem of the dead body was conducted at Government Medical College Srinagar in presence of magistrate under proper videography.
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Simultaneously, the husband of the deceased lady Ghulam Mohammad Bhat was taken into custody for questioning. During sustained questioning, the accused admitted to have killed his wife by strangulation which he had pre-planned as corroborated by the preliminary Post mortem report.
Case FIR number 393/2022 U/S 302 IPC stands registered at Police Station Budgam and investigation taken up, the spokesman added.
Many pieces of evidence have been collected during the initial investigation. Pertinent to mention that the deceased lady (35 years) belonged to Kolkata and had married the accused just 20 days ago.
