Rajouri: A man was arrested by Police for murdering his wife in Khawas village of J&K’s Rajouri district on December 21, police said on Saturday.
In a statement, Police said that on the intervening night of December 21, the throat-slit body of a lady namely Shameena Koser’s (26) wife of Zulifqar Ali, and a resident of Gundha was found near her house.
The statement reads soon after a case FIR no 84/2022 U/S 302 IPC was registered at police station Budhal and a police party was rushed to the spot to recover the body, which was shifted to GMC Rajouri for autopsy.
It reads investigation of the case was started in a professional manner, during which the needle of suspicion moved toward her husband Zulifqar Ali.
“During sustained questioning, he confessed his crime and said his wife was in an extra-marital affair.
The accused with criminal intention had planned the crime on that day and ultimately killed her with some sharp-edged object,”
It further reads during the investigation, on the disclosure of the accused the weapon of offense, a knife, was also recovered, while further investigation was in progress.
(KNO)
