British tourist murdered in Dal lake

Excelsior Correspondent

Fayaz Bukhari

SRINAGAR: A British tourist was murdered allegedly by a Dutch tourist in a house boat last night. The Dutch tourist was arrested by Police from Qazigund in South Kashmir while he was trying to flee from Kashmir.

Sarah Elizabeth, 22, was staying in the house boat for past one month in Dal lake. Police said that she was killed by Dutch tourist, D Richard who had checked in the same house boat two days ago.

Police said Richard entered her room late last night and killed her with a knife. The houseboat owner found the tourist dead in her room in the morning and informed the police.

Police found the Dutch tourist missing from the houseboat and he had taken a taxi from nearby Taxi stand to flee from Kashmir. Police tracked the tourist by speaking the cab driver on his cell phone. He was arrested from Qazigund and handed over to Srinagar Police.

The body of the murder tourist has been sent for autopsy.

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