SRINAGAR : In a nearly three-decade-old criminal case, Srinagar Police on Monday arrested an accused involved in the 1996 kidnapping and killing of a contractor from the Nishat area of Srinagar, officials said. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The accused has been identified as Muhammad Maqbool Sheikh, son of Lala Sheikh, a resident of Tral. He was arrested by a team of Police Station Nishat from Pampore in connection with FIR No. 16 of 2007 registered at Police Station Nishat under Sections 302, 364, 342, 201 and 120-B of the RPC.

Officials said Sheikh was involved in the kidnapping and killing of Ali Muhammad Mir, son of Muhammad Rajab Mir, a resident of Brein Nishat, in the year 1996. The crime was allegedly carried out in collaboration with Papa Kishtwari

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