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This is an archive article published on December 17, 2009

Couple found dead in a clinic in J-K

A young couple was found dead in suspicious circumstances in a clinic in Budgam district.

A young couple was on Thursday found dead in suspicious circumstances in a clinic in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir,police said.

Sameer and Shagufta,both in their early 20’s,were found dead inside Malik Dental Clinic at their home town Magam,24 kms from here,this morning,Station House Officer of the local police station Imtiyaz Ahmad said.

According to Ahmad,the couple was in love and had come to the clinic last night. They apparently fell asleep with the gas heater on to keep the room warm and died of asphyxia,preliminary investigations have revealed.

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“The couple had suffocated and died in their sleep,” he said,adding the bodies were found at around 9 am when the office boy opened the clinic.

A case under section 174 CrPC related to suspicious death has been registered and the bodies of have been sent for postmortem,the SHO said.

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