Man held for murder of fiancee in Baramulla

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BARAMULLA: A man was arrested for allegedly murdering his would-be wife in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said today.

According to a police statement, the body of the 24-year-old missing girl, Rifat Bano of Gujar Patti Sangri Colony was recovered from Mohara Uri.

“In the course of an investigation the fiancé of the missing girl emerged to be the prime suspect, who was apprehended and during questioning confessed the murder…,” police said.

The accused was identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhatti of Mohra, Uri.

The girl was missing from May 5 and her family had lodged a missing report in Baramulla police station, it said.

Police said that preliminary investigation suggests that motive behind the murder was “love triangle” since the accused Bhatti was allegedly in a relationship with another woman.

The body of the murdered girl will be handed over her family after completion of medico-legal formalities, police said.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people staged a massive protest demonstration today morning against the murder.

The protesters while demanding death to the accused assembled on Tehsil road Baramulla and staged a protest.