SIT to probe J&K cop Ayub Pandit lynching case, 3 more arrested

Srinagar: Two days after Deputy Superintendent of Police Muhammad Ayub Pandit was lynched to death by locals, a special investigation team (SIT) was formed on Saturday to expedite the probe into the incident. The cops have made three more arrests in the case. Earlier two people were nabbed by the police. "Three more persons have been arrested in this case taking the total number of arrests to five," the spokesman said. Pandit was lynched by a mob in Srinagar on Thursday night outside the Jamia Masjid while he was on duty. Director General of Police S.P. Vaid told reporters that 12 accused have been identified in the case, of whom five have been arrested and the rest would soon be nabbed. A mob had lynched Pandit outside the city's biggest mosque in Nowhatta area where he was deployed on access control duties to protect the devotees offering prayers.