

Lerat, a veteran RCMP interviewer, had done a six-hour interrogation of Fertuck on Oct. On Friday, the four-hour interview conducted by Lerat on June 25 was played at his trial. He later changed that story and pleaded not guilty when charged with her murder.įertuck was arrested Jand charged with Sheree's murder. Big sting" that he shot Sheree in the shoulder and back of her head, and then hid her body in the bush near the gravel pit, court has heard. Greg Fertuck disclosed to undercover police posing as criminals in a so-called "Mr. Thereafter they threw the body near a cowshed to camouflage it as death due to slipping,” Rayees Mohammad Bhat, Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla had told reporters.Greg Fertuck told undercover police posing as criminals that he shot Sheree and hid her body in the bush near the gravel pit where her truck was later found. The woman called her paramour during the night and both bludgeoned Altaf to death. “On March 8, both gave a final touch to their plan. Police said Tasleema was put to sustained questioning during which she confessed to having committed the crime along with one Ghulam Mohammad Dar. “Tasleema’s behaved as if nothing has happened,” he said. Mushtaq said the duo strangulated his brother and later hit him with some sharp-edged object. Later these two committed his murder to conceal their relationship,” he said. He probably noticed something is wrong between his wife and Ghulam Mohammad Dar, who had accompanied them to Ajmer.

“Even Altaf and his wife had recently returned from Ajmer.

Mushtaq said that the apple trader sent Altaf to Kolkata earlier last year during which he developed a relationship with the deceased’s wife. A panel of doctors from GMC Baramulla conducted the postmortem on April 2. District Magistrate Baramulla later issued the order for exhumation of the body. Police formed a Special Investigating Team and started the probe. On March 22, Mushtaq submitted an application before police seeking a probe into his brother’s death. I somehow saw these injuries and convinced my family for postmortem,” he said. “Altaf’s body was kept in a dark room and his wife would often pull the curtains so that nobody notices the injuries on face and head. Mushtaq said the murder was planned by Tasleema and Dar after Altaf got the whiff of their relationship. It raised doubts even though we were forced to bury the body without properly investigating it,” he said. On reaching Renji, his wife said he died after taking a spill. “We were told that Altaf had suffered a massive cardiac arrest. Mushtaq had filed an application for an investigation into his brother’s death after smelling a rat. And today everyone has seen how he has been rewarded,” Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, deceased’s brother had told The Kashmir Monitor last month. My brother worked very hard to improve the financial condition of his in-laws.

Married to over 17 years, Altaf had shifted to his in-laws home at Ranji, Pattan in 2010 to earn his livelihood. Tasleema had created an impression that he died of a heart attack. “Two officials have been suspended for the same, inquiry has been initiated against the SHO concerned and a supervisory officer has been reprimanded,” he said.Īltaf’s sudden death had shocked the villagers as he was hale and hearty.
