British woman
found dead on houseboat
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police Syed Ashiq
Bukhari said that the young British tourist had been staying at New Beauty
houseboat on Dal Lake since February last week. Police on
Saturday received information about her death.
According to the SSP, the team of doctors that conducted
the post-mortem examination on her body at Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital
of Rainawari observed as many as 45 marks of violence and wounds. The woman’s
clothes were found torn.
“Doctors have taken samples and it would take them some
time to ascertain whether the woman had been raped and killed. We have
preserved the body at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura,” Mr.
Bukhari toldThe Hindu.
The SSP said that Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh
registered the First Information Report and flashed a radio signal to all the
barriers and Police posts on Srinagar-Jammu highway to intercept and check all
the outgoing foreigners.
He said that immediately the only suspect in the case of
the woman’s “possible rape and murder” was a Dutch national, Richard Calliper
Dennis (43) who was staying in another room of the houseboat after his arrival
on April 4 but was missing.
A police party intercepted a taxi carrying the male
tourist from The Netherlands from Srinagar to Jammu , a mile short of
Jawahar Tunnel on the 300 km-long highway. The taxi was seized and the “fleeing
tourist” and the driver were detained.
Police sources said Dennis admitted to the “murder”
during sustained questioning.
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