Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked a blind murder case by arresting a juvenile in connection with the murder of a middle-aged man in the Batamaloo area of the city a day earlier.
Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, a 45 years-old-man, was murdered in the Batamaloo area of the city on Tuesday. The accused, a juvenile (name withheld), police said has been arrested in connection with the killing.
Addressing a press conference here, Superintendent of Police (SP), South Srinagar, Gaurav Sikarwar said the victim Bhat was found lying in a pool of blood in a deserted lane outside his residence.
The SP said he was immediately removed to SKIMS Medical College Bemina, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Sharing details of the case, Sikarwar said the victim had a heated argument with the assailant last evening following which the latter stabbed him multiple times with a sharp-edged weapon in the Batamaloo area of the city.
He said that the police after registering a case analysed CCTV footage and used other technical methods to zero in on the assailant.
He said they have recovered the weapon of offence and blood-stained clothes of the assailant on his instance.
According to the police officer, the assailant had developed a romantic interest in the daughter of the victim. However, the victim was against this relationship.
The police officer stated that the assailant, in order to seek revenge for the victim’s opposition to his romantic interest in his daughter, went as far as buying a knife and constantly carrying it with him. Finally, the assailant found an opportunity last evening and used the knife to stab the victim, he said.
Meanwhile, a spokesman of Srinagar Police said they will file a petition in the court so that the assailant, who is a juvenile, is treated as an adult because of the heinous nature of the crime.
“One Juvenile (name withheld) arrested for murder in broad daylight in Batmaloo yesterday. He was having a romantic interest in the daughter of the victim. As he is above 16 Yrs & offence is heinous, a petition will be filed in Hon’ble court to treat him as adult as per sec 15 of JJ act 2015,” said the spokesman, in a tweet.
