Jammu, Sept 21: The Crime Branch Headquarters has formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the killing of a Mumbai woman in Jammu’s Sainik Colony last month and injuries to two other women in the same incident. The SIT is headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) and will examine the circumstances of the August 21 firing inside a physiotherapy centre, as well as the alleged role of three suspended police officers.
Inspector Deepak Pathania and PSIs Wasim Bhatti and Rohit Sharma were suspended for allegedly attempting to misrepresent the incident as a road accident. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Joginder Singh, has attached the suspended officers to the Regional Police Headquarters (RPHQ) Jammu, where they are to report immediately. In their absence, SI Noor Hussain and ASI Devinder Kumar have been appointed in charge of Police Station Channi Himmat and Police Post Sainik Colony, respectively.
The SIT was formally constituted on September 19, with members finalised after deliberations led by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Crime J&K, Sujit Kumar. The team has taken over case records from the relevant police stations.
Among its early actions, the SIT facilitated the discharge of Fatima Akil, sister of the deceased Mehjabeen Akil Sheikh, from Government Medical College Jammu for questioning. Jaspreet Kour of Ludhiana, the second injured woman, remains missing since the attack.
