The judicial magistrate court Srinagar has sent the third accused Sarfaraj alias Saru , resident of Subash Nagar Muzzafarnagar (UP), in Anish murder case to judicial custody in the Muzaffarnagar jail on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, the Srinagar police had brought Sarfaraj to Srinagar. SHO Srinagar police kotwali N S Bisht said that the accused has been sent on judicial custody to Muzaffarnagar jail and he would be brought to Srinagar any day after April 24 after completing the court formalities.
Notably, a body of an unidentified person had been found wrapped in a plastic bag on GI&TI Road on January 29 night. Police later had claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of three accused. The motive of the murder had been stated to be one of homosexuality and black mailing.The body had been identified as that of one Anish, resident of Kila Manglour in district Haridwar, after the crushed face of the body was reconstructed through computer graphics.