SIT constituted to investigate youth’s brutal murder in Rajouri.

Shyam Sood
RAJOURI AUGUST 11 :–The Administration faces tough time while facing the agitating family, people.
A 24-year old youth was brutally murdered on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday by unidentified persons in Chakli village under the jurisdiction of Rajouri police station.
A massive protest demonstration was held today by the family members, relatives, villagers, and people of the area on Jammu-Poonch highway and blocked it for about 6 hours at village Dhanwan against Deputy Commissioner & SSP alleging none of them came to meet them for about five hours to share their grief and about the intimation of administration/police action
After five hours Additional SP reached the spot and tried to pacify the people and family members, but they refused to talk to him.
Later SSP and Deputy Commissioner, Rajesh Kumar Shavan reached the spot and also faced the resentment of the public alleging it took them hours to reach the spot which is just 15 minutes run from Rajouri district headquarter.
Deputy Commissioner apprised the public about his pre-engagements and said: “When I came to know about people’s demand, I left the on-going meeting & came to meet them”.
“A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has already been constituted and IGP (Jammu) has also assured (in a WhatsApp message) about the earliest investigation and the arrest of the culprits” said Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DC.
Being District Magistrate I will also monitor the progress of the investigation and will assure that the investigation would be fair and prompt, he added.
“As I was told that the family is poor, the best measure to help the family would be to provide a government job to one eligible member of the family and suitable compensation under the Victim Policy of the State which I have promised to the family” said Rajesh Kumar Shavan.
He has assured the people to deal with the criminals involved in the murder with iron hands.
During the intervening night of August 10 & 11, some unidentified persons barged into the house of Bachan Lal in village Chakli and attacked his 24-year old son Ankush Bakshi with a sharp-edged weapon and killed him on the spot and fled from the village.
Ankush’s sister, sleeping in the adjoining room, heard a loud sound and came out to see what had happened. According to sources she saw about four persons with covered faces running away, she raised the alarm.
“When they entered the room of Ankush, only brother of three sisters, and his marriage was settled in the month of October, they found him in a pool of blood. Neighbors and villagers also reached the spot and informed the police.
A police Party from Chattiyar police post reached the village in the morning and took the body into possession for medico-legal formalities and also recovered the sharp-edged big knife( locally known as Toka) used in the crime for forensic investigation.
The police have registered a case under sections 302 and 458 IPC at Rajouri police station and an SIT headed by Deputy SP, HQs has started the investigation.