Who is behind this?
- It reveals that in J&K the law and situation getting weak with each passing day and it should be reviewed with honesty.
jj correspondent
Jammu, Oct 03: Just after some hours of arrival of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Jammu, the most shocking tragedy occurred late-night as Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Prisons, H K Lohia has been murdered in his house.
Lohia, an IPS officer, was found with a slit on the throat and then an attempt was made to set his body on fire. The dead body has been brought to a government hospital in Jammu
The reports pouring in office revealed that Director General of Police, Prisons department, H.K. Lohia was found murdered under suspicious circumstances in Jammu with police suspecting his domestic help as the culprit, a senior police officer said.
Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said the domestic help is absconding and a search for him has started.
The 57-year-old Lohia, a 1992 batch IPS officer, was found dead at his Udaiwala residence on the outskirts of Jammu.
The ADGP said first examination of the scene of crime reveals this as a suspected murder case.
“The domestic help with the officer is absconding. A search for him has started,” he said, adding forensic and crime teams are on the spot.
“The investigation process has begun. Senior officers are on spot,” the officer said, adding the J&K Police family expresses grief and deep sorrow over the death of their senior officer.
According to ADGP Mukesh Singh, “First Examination of the scene of crime reveals this as a suspected murder case. The domestic help with the officer is absconding. A search for him has started. Forensic teams and crime teams are on spot. Investigation process has begun. Senior officers are on spot.”
Lohia was appointed DGP of the Jammu and Kashmir Prisons Department on August 3, 2022.
The domestic help with the officer is absconding, police said adding that a search for him has started.
Forensic teams and crime teams are on spot. Investigation process has begun. Senior officers are on spot. j&K police family expresses grief and deep sorrow over the death of their senior officer, ADGP Jammu added in his statement.
