Jammu- Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved a murder case of a 42-year-old man whose body with throat slit was recovered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district two days ago.
Bikram Kumar, a resident of Basantgarh, was arrested, a police spokesperson said, adding the accused turned out to be the lover of victim Puran Chand’s wife.
He said the body of Chand, a resident of Balota Upperla village, was recovered from nearby Lakhera Nallah on Monday after which a case of murder was registered.
Kumar confessed to the crime and revealed that he had a relationship with the deceased’s wife, the spokesperson said, adding the accused had a scuffle with him on October 22 at his residence.
The spokesperson further said that the weapon used in the crime was also recovered.
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