Jammu<\/a>. Police sources said that the officer, identified as Hemant Kumar Lohia, DGP Prisons, was found dead under mysterious circumstances reportedly at his friend\u2019s house in Udheywala, Gajansoo area.<\/p>\n“We have recovered the body and have registered a case while the investigation is under process,” they said. “Slit and burn injuries were also reported on the body and initially it appears to be a murder but we are on job,” police sources added.<\/p>\n
Additional Director General of Police Jammu Zone Mukesh Singh said that dead body of Hemant Lohia DG Prisons J&K was found under suspicious circumstances. First Examination of the scene of crime reveals this as a suspected murder case, said Singh. He said that the domestic help with the officer is absconding. A search for him has started. Forensic teams and crime teams are on spot.<\/p>\n
The investigation process has begun, he said. “Sl Senior officers are on spot. J&K police family expresses grief and deep sorrow over the death of their senior officer,” he said. Lohia was appointed Commandant General, Home Guard\/Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force after he was repatriated to Jammu and Kashmir from deputation, and in August this year, he was appointed as DG Prisons.<\/p>\n
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