Baramulla, Feb 19: Police on Saturday said that it arrested a woman for allegedly hired Ikhwanis for Rs 50,000 to get her husband killed after he stalled her efforts to start her own business in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
“Investigations into a firing incident in Wagoora area of Baramulla district last Tuesday, in which two girls were injured, have revealed that Hasina, wife of Ghulam Mohiuddin Akhoon, had hatched a criminal conspiracy to eliminate him,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) north Kashmir, Muneer Khan told reporters here.
Pertinently, unidentified gunmen had opened fire through the window of a house in an attempt to kill Akhoon, an engineer, but he escaped unhurt. However, his 19-year-old sister and 10-year-old niece were injured.
Hasina has been arrested along with three other accused while police have launched a manhunt to nab one co-conspirator, the DIG added.
“Hasina, who comes from a well-to-do family, wanted to start a boutique. However, her husband objected to it and had forced her to wind up her business twice over the past few years,” he said.
The woman, who has two sons and twin daughters, suffered losses and finalized a deal to sell a plot of land in Srinagar to pay off her debts.
 The deal was, however, scuttled by Akhoon after he came to know about it. The woman had taken Rs five lakh advance from the brokers, who were pressurising her to pay it back, the DIG said.
One of the brokers, Ghulam Ahmad Hajam, introduced her to  Ikhwanis and released militants and counter-insurgents who could help her to eliminate Akhoon, the DIG said.
 "She was introduced to Nazir Ahmed Beigh alias Jana who along with Muhammad Shafi, Showkat Ahmed Khan, Bashir Ahmed and Muhammad Iqbal Dar hatched to conspiracy to kill Akhoon and fixed the amount for executing the task at Rs 50,000," he said.
“The attackers first made an attempt to kill Akhoon at Sopore on January 27 but failed. Then they made another attempt on February 15 but Akhoon again survived the bid,” the spokesman said.
All the accused have been arrested except Showkat Ahmad Khan,who is absconding, Khan added.

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