A man on Tuesday brutally murdered down his younger brother and his wife due to a “land dispute” in the village of Marheen in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ramesh Kotwal, senior superintendent of police in Kathua, said that accused Raj Kumar, a resident of Chak Wazir Labzoo, killed his younger brother Naresh Kumar, 32, and his wife Asha, 24, at their home in the tehsil Marheen.
“Land disputed is stated to the cause of brutal crime,” said the top cop.
He added, “When the police party got there, they found the accused had done two murders.”
“The accused has been detained and the weapon of offence (sharp weapons) has also been seized,” the SSP said, “and the FSL team collected the samples and all legal requirements are fulfilled.”
A board of doctors has taken possession of the bodies and transported them to the Government Medical College in Kathua for postmortem examination.
At Rajbagh Police Station, a case has been filed under the relevant laws, and an investigation has started.
