Suspected drug addict kills mother, minor daughter in Bishnah, arrested

Jammu: A suspected drug addict allegedly killed his mother and a minor daughter with a sharp-edged weapon in Jammu’s Bishnah area here on Tuesday.
Sources in the police said that at around 5.00 pm in the evening (on Tuesday), a suspected drug addict Jagdev Singh alias Michael of Morchapur, Bishnah, brutally stabbed his 60-year old mother Kamlo Devi and a 3-month-old minor daughter (yet to be named) with a sharp-edged weapon (Kirch) when his wife and other family members were not at home.
Soon after getting the information, a police team reached the crime spot to gather information about the crime and to record the statements of the witnesses.
Accordingly, the accused, who is at large after the commissioning of the crime, has been booked in case FIR number 245/2023 under section 302 of the IPC and 4/25 of the Arms Act registered at Police Station Bishnah.
Meanwhile, a police official said that the accused has been arrested within three hours and investigation, and legal proceedings into the matter are going on. (KNO)