JK lynching: Cops form SIT, arrest five of 12 identified

Jammu and Kashmir Police today formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the lynching of an officer outside Jamia Masjid here and said it has arrested five of the 12 persons identified in connection with the crime.

"An SIT headed by an officer of the rank of superintendent of police has been formed for speedy investigation of the lynching incident in which Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ayub Pandith was killed on the night of June 22," a police official said.

He said the investigation was heading in the right direction as more arrests had been made in connection with the killing.

Pandith was stripped and lynched by a mob outside the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar's Nowhatta area, triggering outrage across Kashmir and drawing all-round condemnation.

"We have identified 12 persons in connection with the case and five of them have been arrested so far," Director General of Police S P Vaid told

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