J&K DG Prisons Hemant Kumar Lohia found dead in Jammu residence

Jammu, Oct 4 : Hemant Kumar Lohia, the Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons), was killed on Tuesday in Jammu, Police said.

Police sources said the throat-slit body of the senior IPS officer was allegedly found at his residence in Jammu city.

"The servant of the top officer is absconding.The body has been sent for medico-legal formalities.It apparently looks like a murder.

It is not a terror-related incident," sources added.Lohia was an IPS officer of 1992 batch and was a native of Assam.

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