Ruling out militant angle in the sensational murder of H K Lohia, a former director general of Jammu and Kashmir prisons, in October last year, the police investigation in the case has found accused Yassir Ahmad driven by “deep grudges” against high-ranking officials.
The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch Special Investigation Team that carried out a detailed probe, including a Narco analysis on Ahmed, concluded he was disturb over self-assumed noncompliance of promises of a government job in lieu of services he render as a domestic help to Lohia, an official said.
The sensational murder of Lohia, a 1992-batch IPS officer, had raised many eyebrows especially after a little-known terror group, Peoples Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), claimed responsibility. It dismissed by police as mere tactics of these outfits to own “everything shamelessly”.
During a detailed enquiry, the official said, the police could not find any link between Ahmed and any militant group. His detailed journey over the two years, after he left his home at Halla Dandrath of Ramban district in Jammu, also chalked out.
The charge sheet said the accused, during the narco analysis conducted in Gujarat, showed that he had “deep grudges” against authorities and felt “betrayed”, they said.
Ahmed, who has been charge under 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 4/25 of Arms Act (using petrol to burn the body and destroy evidence), had been working at a private residence of Lohia since February last year.
The accused considered the deceased as a “symbol of authority” and killed him with a butcher knife and poured petrol to burn his body, the officials said.
The accused also made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide afterwards by hanging himself from the roof. However, the sustain the weight of his body, the officials said, adding during investigation this fact corroborated.
