The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has arrested a serving Army personnel in connection with the August 21 shooting at a physiotherapy centre in Jammu’s Sainik Colony, which left a Mumbai woman dead and two others injured.

The accused has been identified as Naik Sher Singh from the Army’s Movement Control Office (MCO), which manages travel reservations for serving and retired defence personnel. Official sources said Singh allegedly opened fire inside the centre, killing 30-year-old Mehajbeen Akil Sheikh of Mumbai ’s Malad and injuring her sister Fatima Akil, 21, and Ludhiana resident Jaspreet Kour, 28.

Inspector General of Police (Crime) Sujeet Kumar and SSP Benam Tosh confirmed that investigations are underway.

Singh, a native of Hisar in Haryana, was posted at Jammu Tawi Railway

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