Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, July 5: The police has arrested three drug addicts -cum-drug peddlers for murdering one of their associates by inducing over dose of drugs in Manjakote area.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said that the incident took place on June 29, when a 24-year old youth identified as Mohammad Mukhtar, son of Sher Din, resident of Galuti Patrara village of Manjakote was taken to Rajouri hospital in serious condition from where he was referred to GMCH Jammu where he breathed his last.
Manhas said that the information of this mysterious death was received by police after which an investigating officer was sent to GMCH Jammu where medico-legal formalities were conducted and body was later handed over to the family of deceased for last rites.
During investigation of the case under Section 174 of CrPC, it came to fore that deceased was a drugs addict and was a regular consumer of drugs and other narcotic substances.
SSP further added that on the day of death, deceased was seen with three of his associates of the same area who are also drug addicts after which all the three were detained and put to sustained questioning by a team headed by SHO Manjakote Manzoor Kohli , under the supervision of SDPO Manjakote, Nisar Khoja.
During investigation, SSP said, all three broke out and confessed to their involvement in the crime.
The three accused were with the deceased on the day of his death when the deceased had demanded some payment back from one of the accused and who after hatching a criminal conspiracy to eliminate the deceased had allured him to have some dose of drugs and also assured to return back the payment. Taking advantage of the situation in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, Irfan Khan, son of Mohammad Rafiq, resident of Kalali Manjakote along with his two associates induced over dose of drugs to deceased whose health deteriorated and later he died, SSP said.
He added that as the inquest proceedings have established that the three accused murdered the deceased through drugs overdose, all three have been booked and arrested in case registered in Police Station Manjakote under sections 302 RPC and other relevant sections of law.
The accused arrested in the case include Irfan Khan, son of Mohammad Rafiq, Arshad Mehmood, son of Mohammad Shakoor and Ajaz Ahmed, son of Abdul Aziz, all residents of Kalali village of Manjakote in Rajouri district.
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