Reasi Police arrests brother’s murderer within 24 hours

Jammu, September 07,2021: Reasi Police has arrested the murderer of his real brother within 24 hours and solved the murder case of Chamail Singh

According to police sources during intervening night of 5th/6th of September an information received at Police post Tote Sahri (Reasi) that one Chamail Singh S/O Gheeka R/O Sarhi was stabbed and killed by his real brother Lehar Singh over a petty issue.

In this regard FIR no 173/2021  U/S 302 IPC is registered at Police Station Reasi and investigation set in.

Police team led by DySP Hqtrs Reasi alongwith FSL unit & photographer of Reasi Police reached at the Scene of Crime after tracking uphill more than two hours.

Police team took dead body in the custody, collected all the circumstances evidences regarding case from scene of crime, dead body was shifted to District Hospital Reasi for postmortem.

After completing all legal procedures, dead body was handed over to legal heirs for last rights.

On enquiring about the accused it was found that accused Lehar Singh fled away from the spot after commission of crime.

Sh Shailender Singh Senior Superintendent of Police sensing the gravity of crime, constituted special teams to apprehend the absconding criminal. Simultaneous raids were conducted in Bhomag,  Shajroo-Mahore, Samba Gagwal, Kathua during day as well as night hours.

After hectic efforts team of Reasi Police succeeded in nabbing accused Lehar Singh from Kote-Hiranagar when he was trying to escape to Punjab.

Hard core Lehar Singh has Criminal record of killing his own first cousin Bansi Lal S/O Bhai Nath R/O Sarhi in the year 2005 & convicted in case FIR no 84/ 2005 U/S 302, 341 RPC. He has remained in jail for 8 years.

Mr Shailender expressed that such barbaric act done by Criminal Lehar is rarest of the rare, Criminal a black spot on our social fabric.

Mr Singh further stressed that investigation shall incorporate each and every evidence to ensure justice is done in this heinous act at earliest.