Family alleges murder, demands probe
Faizan Wani
Srinagar : The body of a missing man, from HMT area on the outskirts of Srinagar was found under mysterious circumstances from a flood channel at Bemina area here on Monday.
Notably, Ghulam Rasool Wani, 40, had gone missing after he went for a morning walk to Sharifabad area last month. The family of the deceased staged multiple protests in Srinagar to seek his whereabouts.
“We have also filed a missing report at the concerned police station but the police could not trace him and finally his body was recovered from a flood channel in Bemina,” family sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
They said the deceased had gone for a morning walk to Sharifabad area on 24th of July and did not return home till evening prompting them to file a missing report. They said there was a stone filled bag attached with the decomposed body of Wani.
The family appealed to the police to speed up its investigation and bring the alleged murderers of Wani to book.
“This is a cold blooded murder and we want the police to crack the issue at earliest. There was a stone filled bag attached with the back of the deceased which clearly indicates that he has been murdered,” the family added.
They also threatened to hit streets in protest in case the police failed to arrest the murderers who they claimed had killed Wani in cold blood.
“We cannot remain silent anymore, we demand thorough probe into the cold blooded murder of our relative and want the culprits whosoever to be booked and sternly punished,” they said—(KNO)
