Man stabbed to death over cutting of grass on disputed land in J-K's Ramban

A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death by an acquaintance, following a heated exchange of words between the wife of the deceased and the accused, over cutting of grass on a piece of disputed land near Gool Town in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to police, the body was handed over to the family for last rites after a postmortem on Wednesday morning.

Banihal:A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death by an acquaintance following a heated argument over cutting of grass on a disputed land in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, Muhammad Tufail (19), a resident of Throo-Dharmari village of Reasi, was arrested after the crime and was booked under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at police station Gool, Station House Officer Nayeem-ul-Haq Matoo said.

He said Tufail stabbed the victim, Mohammad Arif Guth, Tuesday evening. Guth succumbed to injuries at the district hospital Ramban later.

As per reports, there was a heated exchange of words between the wife of the deceased and the accused over cutting of grass on a piece of disputed land near Gool town. Guth reached the spot but was stabbed by Tufail who was working as a domestic help in the house of his relative Muneer Peer, Matoo said.

According to police, the body was handed over to family for last rites after postmortem on Wednesday morning.

PTI