Sainik Colony murder case: Crime Branch Jammu arrests prime accused
Jammu, Sep 26: The special branch of the Crime Branch Jammu on Friday stated that they had arrested the prime accused in the case of the murder of a Mumbai woman in the Sainik Colony area.
Accused Sher Singh, according to official sources, has been arrested in the Gandhi Nagar area.
The layered case is being investigated by a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP)-rank official. SIT was constituted on September 19.
Prior to it, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu Joginder Singh suspended SHO Chhanni Himmat, Inspector Deepak Pathania; Sainik Colony Police Post in-charge, PSI Wasim Bhatti; and PSI Rohit Sharma, also posted at Chhanni Police Station, for alleged lapses in the murder case investigation.
The action came after the police found that the woman died of gunshot injuries and not in any “Road Traffic Accident (RTA)”. In the incident, two other women, including the sister of the deceased, also sustained injuries.
Prior to it, on August 18, the police also converted the inquest proceeding in the case into an FIR and registered a case of murder.
According to the police spokesperson, Mehjabeen Akil Sheikh, 30, daughter of Akil Sheikh, resident of West Malad, Mumbai, along with his sister Fatima Akhil, 21, and Jaspreet Kour, 28, resident of Ludhiana, Punjab, at present residing at House Number 157, Sec A, Sainik Colony, on August 21, 2025, were shifted to JK Medicity Hospital due to an RTA case, as claimed by locals, who had brought them to ASCOMS Batra Hospital for treatment. From there they were shifted to GMC Jammu, where Mehjabeen succumbed to her injuries on August 29, 2025.
“In this regard, inquest proceedings vide DD No 29 dated 30/08/2025 were initiated at Police Station Chhanni, and during the course of investigation, it surfaced that on August 21, 2025, one unknown individual entered their rented accommodation at Sainik Colony. He opened fire on them and fled away from the spot, but the incident was shown as an RTA case by injured individuals,” the police spokesperson said.
The police, by taking cognisance, lodged an FIR No. 152/2025 u/s 103(1)/109/332(b) BNS against the unknown accused and started the investigation on September 18.
