Crime on rise as police arrest boy and his mother in the murder case of minor
By: Wani Parvaiz CK
Srinagar
Crime rate is on increase in Kashmir valley as police arrested a 19 year old boy along with his mother in the murder case of a 8 year old boy who had disappeared near his house three weeks back.
After the missing report filed by the family police started the investigation but could not reach to any conclusion about the missing boy and finally the case has been cracked according to the police.
According to GNS in its news report about this murder case they have said in their report on Tuesday as follows.
As per the family, the 8-year-old Talib Hussain son of Manzoor Ahmad Khan had disappeared moments after he left home on the fateful day on February 15.
“The mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the year-old-boy Talib Ahmad Khan has been solved by Police after his body was recovered on the disclosure of the accused from a nearby forest area of village Awoora of district Kupwara,” police said.
Since then, police had been on toes and had been relentlessly carrying out searches for the missing boy. “All water bodies, surrounding jungles and suspected places were searched by Police using drones and sniffing dogs but no clue could be struck,” police said, adding, “A large number of suspects were also put to sustained questioning during the last three weeks.”
After having explored all the possible angles and questioning of a large number of people in connection with the case , Police finally was able to zero in on the main suspect who after sustained questioning “confessed to the commission of crime and led to the recovery of the victim’s body,” SSP Kupwara Yougal Manhas told reporters here as per GNS.
Police and even some prominent members from the civil society had also announced reward for anyone who would help in tracing the innocent child. “The accused in the case has turned out to be the neighbour of the victim namely Aamir Ahmad Khan (19) son of Mohammad Amin Khan and his mother Shahnaza Begum (37),” the SSP said. However reason behind the gruesome incident is still part of investigation, police said.
After the post-mortem, Talib was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard. Police teams led by additional SP Pardeep Singh, DySP Headquarters Rashid Younis, Inspector Nazeer Ahmad (SHOof police station Trehgam) and Azhar Shakeel (IC PP) Awoora worked out the case after putting in relentless efforts, the officer added.
With GNS inputs
