Srinagar, June 24: Police today formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the lynching of an officer outside Jami and said it has arrested five of the 12 persons identified in connection with the crime.
A 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.
