Social Forestry employee found dead, probe launched
Poonch: Police on Saturday recovered body of an employee of Social Forestry Department in Surankote area of Poonch district of Jammu.
Reports said that the body of a daily wager identified as Abdul Hamid, son of Sattar Mohammed, a resident of Kalai Poonch was spotted by his fellow employees inside the premises of Social Forest Department at Bachian Wali Top in Surankote under “mysterious conditions” and accordingly informed police.
Confirming the incident, DFO Social Forestry Department Poonch, Naveed Iqbal said that Hamid was working as a daily wager in the department and was on duty.
A police officer said that soon after receiving the information, a police team immediately reached the spot and recovered the body.
The body has been taken for all necessary formalities including the postmortem, he said.
The officer said that probe has been initiated under 174 CrPc to ascertain the actual cause of death. (GNS)
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