Rajouri, Feb 03 (KNO): Jammu and Kashmir police in Rajouri district arrested a man for murdering his wife, who died under mysterious conditions on Nov 16, 2020.
On 16 November, 2020, the information was received regarding mysterious death of Rupakshi Sharma, wife of Shanker Sharma of ward 4 of Sunderbani town, officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), adding that an inquest proceedings of the incident were taken up in Sunderbani Police Station.
Taking cognizance of the incident, police started inquest proceedings under 174 CrPC and post mortem of body was conducted in Sunderbani through board of doctors and spot evidence were also collected.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri, Chandan Kohli said that a special investigation team headed by Sub Divisional Police Officer Nowshera Zakir Shaheen Mirza and Station House Officer (SHO) Sunderbani Sanjeev Slathia under the supervision of Additional SP Nowshera, Girdhari Lal Sharma was constituted and investigation of the case was carried out in a professional manner taking into note all the statements, evidences, circumstances and legal aspects.
“The needle of suspicion turned towards the victim's husband who was also detained. Ther medical report and post mortem report established death of woman due to strangulation following which the victim's husband has been booked and arrested in case of murder of his own wife,” SSP said.
He added that a case under FIR number 10/2021 under section 302 IPC has been registered in Sunderbani Police Station—(KNO)