Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday arrested the accused domestic servant, Yasir Ahmad- a resident of Ramban in the murder case of DG Prisons H K Lohia after a night-long hunt and his interrogation has been started, as per the police.
It is pertinent to mention that J&K DG Prisons was found dead under mysterious circusmstances at his friends’s house in Jammu last night and the police accused the servant for killing the officer.
“In a major manhunt launched by the J&K police throughout the night, the accused involved in the murder case of (DG Prisons) H K Lohia has been apprehended and Interrogation of the accused has been started,” ADGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh said.
The J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh visited the crime spot on Tuesday morning and said police is investigating all angles.
“The accused has been aggressive in nature. DG Prisons had a foot injury and the domestic help while trying to massage the foot attacked him with sharp edged weapon and later tried to set his body ablaze,” J&K DGP told reporters after visiting slain DG Prison’s residence in Jammu.
He said that the accused locked the main door while family members tried hard to save DG Prisons but it seems that he succumbed to injuries immediately,” he said.
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir police said there is no apparent terror act while a thorough probe to cover all angles was on.
A statement issued by the ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh to KNO said that in the initial investigation into the incident of death of DG Prisons, HK Lohia, it has come to fore that one domestic helper Yasir Ahmad, resident of Ramban is the main accused.
“Some CCTV footages collected from the incident site also shows the suspected accused running away after the committing the crime,” the statement said, adding that Yasir was working in the house for nearly six months.
Born in 1965, Lohia was a 1992-IPS Officer. He was appointed as DG Prisons in August 2022.
Pertinently, the murder of DG Prisons has taken place at a time when Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Jammu for a three-day visit to the region.
Shah arrived in Jammu on Monday late afternoon and is scheduled to address a mega rally at Rajouri and in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
(KNO)
