Altaf Hameed Rao
MIRPUR (AJK): One person was stabbed to death by his colleague at the residence of Ch. Muhammad Yasin, leader of opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly, at Charhoi village in Kotli district of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday, police said.
Naar Police have arrested the accused along with weapon of offense after registering a case under section 302 – APC (Azad Kashmir Pean Code), Deputy Officer of Naar Police Station told this Correspondent over telephone Thursday afternoon.
According to details, the victim identified as Shahid son of Sheikh Sabir, resident of Chowk Sahiban village, working as Plumber being a private employee at the residence of Yasin, and the accused identified as Mahmood Kiani son of Sultan Mahmood Kiyani, r/o Lehri, Sohawa, another personal home servant working as Sweeper at the same place, quarreled with each other over a minor dispute about the search and recovery of a missing a sanitary part known as a ‘Union’.
The scuffle enriched with exchange of harsh words between the two, took serious turn when the furious accused Mahmood allegedly stabbed Shahid with a sharp ‘churri’ – (domestic knife) to death on the spot, according to the police officer who added that the deceased Shahid expired on way to the nearby hospital.
The police officer said that both of the persons were working as the personal employees of Ch. Yasin, the leader of opposition and former senior minister in the outgoing PPP AJK government. Further investigations are in progress by Inspector Javed, the Station House Officer of Naar Police Station, the police officer said.
