Ramban, August 27: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested three extra individuals in reference to the suspicious loss of life of a minor woman from the Chatroo space of Kishtwar district, taking the whole variety of arrests within the case to 5.
SSP Kishtwar Naresh Singh stated Police Station Chatroo obtained data on August 20 relating to the suspicious loss of life of the minor, following which inquest proceedings have been initiated as no formal grievance had initially been obtained.
In the course of the inquest, police stated, materials indicating the fee of cognizable offences surfaced. The proceedings have been subsequently transformed into FIR No. 34/2026 at Police Station Chatroo underneath Sections 4, 6, 8, 10 and 17 of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Sections 61(2), 65(1), 90, 91 and 92 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2)(v) and three(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been additionally added in the course of the course of investigation.
Contemplating the seriousness and sensitivity of the matter, SSP Kishtwar constituted a Particular Investigation Group (SIT) headed by Further SP Kishtwar Pardeep Singh. The crew includes Dy. SP PC Dachhan Nitish Sharma, SHO Police Station Chatroo Inspector Rishi Kumar and different cops.
In response to police, the investigation has to this point introduced materials on document towards Khalid Hussain, son of Ghulam Mohd Sheikh, a resident of Gorinal, Tehsil Chatroo, who was posted as a trainer at Authorities Center Faculty, Gorinal, the place the minor was learning.
Police stated the investigation has revealed allegations of repeated sexual assault on the minor, allegedly leading to her being pregnant. It additional alleged that Khalid Hussain, in prison conspiracy together with his brother Tariq Hussain, allegedly offered or administered medicines purportedly supposed to terminate the being pregnant.
Police additional said that in the course of the minor’s medical therapy, she was initially taken to PHC Chatroo and later shifted to District Hospital Kishtwar by Tariq Hussain and others. Throughout this course of, police alleged, Farooq Ahmed, a daily-wage/sweeper worker at District Hospital Kishtwar, was concerned within the alleged conspiracy, and the minor underwent medical therapy and an ultrasound examination on the hospital.
Because the investigation progressed, police arrested Farooq Ahmed, son of Sana Ullah, resident of Sangrambatta, Kishtwar; Mohd. Ishaq, son of Mohd. Khizar; and Riyaz Ahmed, son of Ghulam Mohd Sheikh, each residents of Sheikh Pura, Gorinal, Tehsil Chatroo, in reference to the alleged prison conspiracy.
With the newest arrests, the whole variety of accused individuals arrested within the case has reached 5. Police stated additional arrests can be made wherever warranted by proof rising in the course of the investigation.
The SIT is analyzing all facets of the case, together with the circumstances surrounding the minor’s loss of life, the allegations of sexual offences, the circumstances referring to her being pregnant and subsequent medical therapy, and the alleged prison conspiracy.
SSP Naresh Singh reiterated that the investigation is being performed in a good, neutral, skilled, scientific and evidence-based method, assuring that each facet of the case is being totally examined and that strict authorized motion will likely be taken towards anybody discovered concerned within the case.
