A 28-year-old man, who went missing about a fortnight ago,was found dead in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with police arresting aclose relative for killing him, police said on Monday.
The accused had promised to arrange the victim’s marriagewith a girl and took away Rs two lakh from him before killing him, a policeofficial said.
Ghulam Nabi Khanday, a resident of Charar-e-Sharief inBudgam district of central Kashmir, had come to meet his relatives about afortnight ago but went missing, he said.
He said his family approached police station Rajouri andsubsequent investigation led to the detention of Shabir Ahmad Dar, a residentof Gabbar Budhal village.
During questioning, the official said Dar confessed tokilling Khanday. The body buried underneath rocks was recovered from UpperRajnagar area of Budhal.
The body of the deceased was handed over to his family aftercompletion of legal formalities, the official said, adding a murder case hasbeen registered.Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, ChandanKohli said a special investigation team headed by Additional SP Rajouri,Liyaqit Ali is further investigating the matter to ascertain the involvement ofmore people in the case.