Magisterial Inquiry Initiated Into Policeman’s Death In J&K’s Kathua – Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism

JAMMU, Mar 19: A magisterial inquiry was began on Sunday into the dying of a policeman shortly after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation on graft fees in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officers mentioned.
Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmad, a resident of Billawar, was allegedly caught red-handed on Saturday whereas taking a bribe of Rs 3000 at ladies police station in Kathua, just a few hours earlier than his dying.
“On the instructions of the deputy commissioner, Kathua, we’ve got began the magisterial probe into the dying of the policeman and can submit our report within the shortest potential time,” Extra Deputy Commissioner, Vishav Partap Singh mentioned.
Singh, who was tasked to conduct the magisterial inquiry, supervised the postmortem of the deceased by a board of medical doctors on the Authorities Medical Faculty (GMC) hospital on Sunday.
The physique of the deceased was handed over to his household for final rites after completion of formalities, officers mentioned.
The relations and neighbours of the deceased policeman, together with his spouse and two youngsters, had been additionally current and demanded registration of an FIR in opposition to CBI in connection along with his dying.
“He was gentleman and apparently trapped in a false case…If for the sake of argument, we imagine that he was caught accepting bribe however that doesn’t imply he ought to have been interrogated in such a manner that led to his dying,” Saparch Sanjiv Kumar, additionally a neighbour of the deceased, informed reporters.
He questioned the silence of the company over the dying of the policeman and requested the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and central authorities to make sure “justice with the household of the deceased”.
Deputy Inspector Normal of Police, Jammu-Samba-Kathua Vary, Shakti Kumar Pathak mentioned the police have began inquest proceedings into the case.
“It was a CBI entice and the dying occurred throughout this course of. He collapsed and was taken by a police social gathering to the hospital the place he was declared introduced useless by the medical doctors,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the investigation is supposed to unveil the reality which finally results in justice.