Carpenter held for killing girl, chopping body in Budgam

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing and chopping a girl, missing from the last four days, in Soibugh area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

An official told the news agency KDC that Budgam Police have arrested a person identified as Shabir Ahmad Wani (45) son of Abdul Aziz Wani, a resident of Mohanpora Ompora for killing a 30-year-old unmarried woman of Soibug at his home in Mohanpora (Ompora), chopped off her head, sliced the body into pieces and dumped the same at different spots in Budgam.

He said that the man, who is married and a carpenter by profession, during the questioning revealed that he has murdered the girl and cut her body into pieces and disposed off at different locations including Railway bridge Ompora and Sebden, where from her head and other parts of the body were recovered.

It is in place to mention that Budgam Police recovered all pieces of the body last night.

A police officer, while confirming the incident, said that the accused person was arrested and all the body parts were recovered from different locations including her head from his home and further investigation into the case is going on.