04 October,2022 12:42 PM IST | Jammu | PTI
Police personnel with an ambulance outside the residence of Jammu and Kashmir`s Director General (Prisons) Hemant K. Lohia after he was found murdered on Monday night. Pic/ PTI
A 23-year-old working as a domestic help was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia, police said.
Yasir Lohar's arrest followed a major all-night manhunt, police said in a statement, adding that his interrogation had begun.
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He was arrested from a field in Kanhachak area. Lohar is a resident of Halla-Dhandrath village in Ramban district.
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Lohia was found dead at his residence in the outskirts of Jammu on Monday night. There were burn injuries and his throat was slit, officials said.
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