Man arrested in murder of Nagaland native

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

JAMMU, July 3 - Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the murder of a private telecom company employee in Rajouri district here.

Rajan Sharma took Jisietho, a native of Nagaland, to a cremation ground in Sunderbani area on the pretext of providing alcohol to him and allegedly attacked him there with a heavy stone and fled away with his mobile and cash, a police officer said.

Investigations were started after police found the body on June 23. It came to fore that Jisietho was last seen with Sharma in an inebriated state and subsequently the latter was arrested, he said, adding the accused, who worked in an ice factory, has confessed his crime. � PTI

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