Authorities got into a fight after J&K Director General of Police (Prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia was allegedly found dead at a home in Jammu city’s Udaywala neighbourhood late Monday night.
Police have launched a manhunt to find his untraceable domestic worker, who they believe is responsible for the crime.
Assamese by birth, 57-year-old Lohia was an IPS officer from the 1992 class. In August, he was appointed DGP (Prisons).
The initial investigation of the crime site, according to the police, indicates that this is likely a murder case. He was discovered with burns on his body and a cut throat.
“The officer’s domestic assistant is running away. Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police for the Jammu Zone, stated that a search for him had begun and that forensic and criminal teams were present.
“The investigation process has begun. Senior officers are on spot,” the officer said.
Whether Lohia’s body was discovered in his home or belonged to someone else was not immediately apparent.
“The servant of the top officer is absconding. The body has been sent for medico-legal formalities. It apparently looks like a murder. It is not a terror-related incident,” the police further said.