![]() “He is also very aggressive and it appears that he killed Lohia in the spur of the moment,” said the source, adding that Lohia had “rebuked” Ahmed following a tiff between the two a few days ago and that might have angered the accused. Police personnel outside the residence where DG Lohia was murdered | ANIĪccording to the police source, Ahmed’s preliminary interrogation has revealed that he is “suffering from severe depression and is unstable”. The source added that it was the security guards who saw smoke coming out of Lohia’s room and raised an alarm. He then stabbed him multiple times to ensure that he was dead and also tried to set the body on fire before fleeing the spot,” a source in the J&K police told ThePrint. We suspect that he suffocated Lohia and then used a sharp-edged weapon to slit his throat. On Monday, he went to Lohia’s room to apply oil and shut the door from inside. “He was hired six months ago and often applied oil on Lohia’s feet. Ahmed, it is learnt, worked as a domestic help at the residence of the DG’s friend. Lohia (57), the officer in charge of prisons in J&K, was found dead Monday at a friend’s residence on the outskirts of Jammu, where he had been staying with his family while their home was being renovated. “ The weapon of offence has been seized, besides some documentary evidence, reflecting his mental state,” he added, referring to CCTV footage showing Ahmed purportedly running away from the scene.Īlso Read: Delhi garment trader arrested for operating hawala channels to ‘fund’ terror outfits in J&K However, ADG Singh told ThePrint that while the J&K Police have “not found any links” between the murder and any terror outfit, a probe is still underway and it is still too early to rule out any possibilities. Shah is on a three-day visit to the Union territory, his first trip to Jammu and second to Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Police suspect that Ahmed used a sharp-edged weapon to slit Lohia’s throat and stab him multiple times in the abdomen, before trying to set the body on fire and fleeing the scene.Ĭlaiming responsibility for the murder, The Resistance Front - a group associated with terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba - said in a statement Tuesday: “This is a small gift from us to Home Minister Amit Shah.” ![]()
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