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Jammu, Oct 31: Jammu Police teams on Tuesday have arrested the accused, who allegedly killed his mother and minor daughter with a sharp-edged weapon in Jammu’s Bishnah area.

Police said that at about 5:00 PM an information was received at police station Bishnah that a person namely Jag Dev Singh has killed his 60-year-old mother namely Kamla Devi and his three month old daughter at his residence Morchapur Bishnah with a sharp edged weapon.

The accused after committing the offence fled away from the spot on his motorcycle bearing registration number JK02CN-0372.

Police said that on getting the information, teams immediately reached the spot and secured the scene of crime.

All the police nakas in the entire area were put on high alert while multiple police teams were constituted and all sources were activated.

After hectic efforts, police said, the teams succeeded in apprehending the accused within three hours of the commission of offence.

SSP Jammu, Dr. Vinod Kumar said that Bishnah double murder case put everyone in a state of shock as the accused brutally murdered his mother and three months old daughter and matter was taken on priority.

He said that the accused has been arrested within three hours and investigation, legal proceedings into the matter are going on.(KNO)