Four persons arrested after youth’s death in Pahalgam hotel

SRINAGAR — Anantnag Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four persons related to the death case of a youth, namely Mubashir Sajad Dar, from Srinagar in a hotel in Pahalgam.

In a statement, police said, “On 28th December, 2020, PS Pahalgam had received information about the death of one Srinagar-based youth namely Mubashir Sajad Dar son of Sajad Ahmad Dar resident of Khanyar. Upon receipt of the information, an inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC was initiated in Police Station Pahalgam.”

“During the course of proceedings under 174 CrPC, after completing medico-legal formalities and handing over the body of youth to legal heirs, a SIT headed by SDPO Pahalgam was formed by SSP Anantnag, Sandeep Chaudhary,” the statement further added.

It added, “Many suspects were rounded up and were questioned which included his friends who accompanied him to tourist destination Pahalgam. Technical methods were used to collect evidence which led to some suspects.”

Police said, “On the basis of investigation, case FIR No. 02/2021 U/S 304 IPC 8/21, 20, 27, NDPS Act was registered in P/S Pahalgam. Four suspects including a drugs dealer, who supplied them heroin, have been arrested and were identified as Usman Ali Baba son of Ali Mohammad Baba, resident of Wanabal Srinagar, Kateeb Ali Buch son of Nasir Jan Buch, resident of Wanabal Srinagar, Oman Aftab Dar son of Aftab Ahmad Dar, resident of Hyderpora Srinagar and the drugs dealer Reyaz Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Ramzan Dar resident of Hassan Pora Bijbehara.”

Police sources said that further investigation in the case is going on.

Pertinently, a youth, identified as Mubashir Dar, had checked into a hotel along with his friends on December 27, 2020 in Pahalgam, about 100 km from here in south Kashmir. Dar didn’t wake up the next morning following which he was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.