Samba police arrests 4 for abetment to suicide

Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Aug 19: Samba police under the overall supervision of SSP, Benam Tosh has arrested four accused for abetment to suicide in mysterious death case of Bodh Raj of Rakh Amb Talli which has been solved and FIR U/S 306/109 IPC has been registered at Police Station (PS) Samba.
The arrested accused have been identified as Faqir Chand, son of Lalo Ram of Rakh Amb Talli, Surjit Kumar, son of Faqir Chand of Rakh Amb Talli, Ashok Kumar, son of Jagdish Raj of Rakh Amb Talli and Jameet Roy, son of Lt. Sadhu Ram of Meen Sarkar Barjani Bari Brahmana.
Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Benam Tosh said that on July 20 this year an information was received through reliable sources at Police Post (PP) Rakh Amb Talli that one person namely Bodh Raj, 52, son of Lalo Ram who was under treatment at GMC as poison case, expired at GMC Jammu and that his dead body was lying at mortuary room. Upon this information, police initiated inquest proceedings U/S 174 CrPC to ascertain the actual cause of death.
He said police completed legal formalities, got conducted post-mortem, sent viscera to FSL and inquest was underway. In the meantime, police received directions U/S 156 (3) CrPC from the Court of CJM Samba to register FIR and in compliance with the Court directions, FIR No. 197/2023 U/S 306/109 IPC has been registered at Police Station, Samba, four accused have been arrested and further investigation is going on under the supervision of DySP, Garu Ram and Additional SP, Samba, Surinder Choudhary.