Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 3 :Police today cracked a murder case of a woman within 24 hours by arresting her husband for the killing at Nasrullah Pora area of Budgam district in Kashmir.
A police spokesman said that Police Station Budgam received information that a woman Muslima, 36, wife of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat resident of Nasrulla Pora Budgam, had died but the dead-body bears visible ligature marks which makes the cause of death suspicious.
“Police party along with senior police officers rushed to the spot to examine the scene of crime/house where the said lady was found dead. During the initial investigation many pieces of evidence were collected. Besides, during the examination of the dead-body, visible ligature marks on the neck of the deceased lady were found and subsequently the dead-body was taken into possession by police for legal formalities,” police said.
Accordingly, police said that today a post mortem of the dead-body was conducted at GMC Srinagar in presence of a Magistrate under proper videography. “Simultaneously, the husband of the deceased 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,” police said.