Mob burns down house of Chamba murder accused; Sec 144 imposed
Musafir Hussain, currently in jail, has been accused of killing a 28-year-old Manohar, reportedly the uncle of a minor girl who he was in a relationship with.
Chamba SP Abhishek Yadav said there was no casualty in the incident. A Mob on Thursday burned down the house of a murder accused in Chamba, prompting the authorities to impose prohibitory orders restricting people’s movement to prevent further flare-ups.
Chamba SP Abhishek Yadav said there was no casualty in the incident.
Musafir Hussain, currently in jail, has been accused of killing a 28-year-old Manohar, reportedly the uncle of a minor girl who he was in a relationship with.
Hussain had allegedly invited Manohar to his house and beat him up with a stick till he fainted and afterwards chopped his body into eight pieces and dumped them into a drain.
A large number of people on Thursday broke inside Hussain’s house and burned it down despite police deployment. The district authorities have issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Chamba’s Salooni area for two months to avoid escalation of tension in the area.
Pieces of Manohar’s body were recovered from a drain in Bandal panchayat of Salooni on June 8, two days after he went missing.
Police have since arrested three persons, including Hussain. The other two accused are Farida, Hussain’s wife, and one Shabir. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called the killing and subsequent burning of the house unfortunate and not in tune with the “Dev Sanskriti” of Himachal.
He said “the culprits” have already been arrested and if the Opposition wants an NIA probe into the matter, he has no objection to it.
“This is a very sensitive matter and the Opposition BJP should not try to create tension and derive political mileage from this incident,” Sukhu said.
The CM appealed to the public to maintain peace and cooperate with the ongoing investigation. He assured that the government is actively monitoring every aspect of the investigation and urged citizens to trust the authorities working on the case.
Earlier in the day, Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur had demanded an NIA investigation into the murder. Both the CM and Leader of Opposition have appealed to people to maintain communal harmony.
Addressing media, Thakur alleged that Hussain has a suspicious background and was also questioned by the police in the Satrundi shootout in which terrorists had gunned down 35 people. Seven victims of the shootout are still missing.
Demanding an investigation into the case by the National Investigation Agency, Thakur said Hussain had exchanged cash amounting to Rs 95 lakh after demonetisation and that at present he has Rs 2 crore in his bank account.
He said Hussain possesses three bighas of land and has encroached upon 100 bighas of government land. He has 100 cattle but sells over 200 cattle every year, he claimed.
Thakur also said that Hussain lives in a house constructed at a height of over 10,000 ft and never leaves his house even during snow when the area receives 6-10 feet of it and other villagers move downwards.
The incident has sparked outrage in the region, with locals demanding swift justice for the victim. The authorities are conducting a thorough investigation into the matter, and the CM’s words have provided reassurance to the community that justice will be served.
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