The father of one of the two Bandipora residents accused of murdering an ATM guard in Jammu said on Sunday that “no concrete evidence” had been provided to them so far which could establish the duo had executed the murder.
The ATM guard, Raju Sharma, son of Gullu Ram, a resident of New Plot area of Jammu, was found dead inside guard chamber of the bank ATM at sector 13 in Nanak Nagar at around 10 pm on Thursday.
On Friday, SSP Jammu, Shridhar Patil said at a press conference that the murder was executed by two youth whom he identified as Mohammad Kaif Lone and Waqas Bashir Lone-both residents of Bandipora.
The duo, as per Patil, had recently rented an apartment in Nanak Nagar, and went to the ATM with the purpose of looting cash.
“On being resisted by the guard, they attacked him inside the rest room (his resting chamber) by initially smothering his face with a blanket,” he said.
But, Bashir Ahmad Lone, father of Waqas, one of the accused, who happens to be an athlete and a gold medalist in kickboxing, urged Jammu police to “investigate the case fairly and avoid making any mistakes in haste which will jeopardize the career of these youth”.
Talking to Greater Kashmir, Bashir said that Waqas is currently pursuing MCA in Srinagar even as he accused Jammu police for failing to providing them “concrete evidence which could prove that he (Waqas) is indeed a murderer”.