Poonch: Body of man was found hanging from a tree at Dara Sangla village of Surankote area in J&K’s poonch district on Wednesday.
Official sources said that body of the man identified as Mohammad Shakeel son of Gulzar Ahmed Lohar – resident of Baird Fazlabad was found at a distance of nearly 2 kilometers from the house of his in-laws where he had gone yesterday.
A local resident of Fazalabad, Mohammad Bashir, said that news about the incident spread in the area this morning and subsequently villagers including him as well as a police party rushed to the area.
Later, the police shifted the body to nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities.
“Under what circumstances he died is a matter of investigation but we request police authorities to conduct an impartial inquiry into it,” he added.
SHO Surankote Rajveer Singh said that proceedings under 174 CrpC have been initiated into the matter.
(GNS)
