'Love rejected, bullets fired': Army man opens fire in Jammu Kashmir physiotherapy centre, one dead, two injured

September 28, 2025 by News Desk

Jammu Kashmir Crime Branch has arrested a serving Army trooper in connection with the August 21 incident at a physiotherapy center in Jammu’s Sainik Colony.

The firing left a Mumbai woman, Mahjabeen Aqeel Sheikh, dead and two other women seriously injured.

According to official sources, the arrested soldier has been identified as Naik Sher Singh, posted at the Army’s Movement Control Office (MCO).

A resident of Hisar, Haryana, he was on duty at Jammu Tawi Railway Station.

Reports available with The Kashmiriyat suggest that he he fired eight rounds, though it is yet to be confirmed whether the pistol used was official or privately owned.

Police officials said initial investigation revealed that Sher Singh allegedly wanted to marry a colleague working at the physiotherapy center. When the matter did not proceed as he wished, he went to the center, at Jammu’s Sainik colony on August 21 and allegedly opened fire in anger.

The incident resulted in the death of Mahjabeen Sheikh (30), while her sister Fatima (21) and Jaspreet Kaur (28) of Ludhiana sustained critical injuries.

Initially, two persons running the center shifted the injured women to a private hospital and told doctors they had been injured in a road accident.

Police were also informed the same. Since the victims were not in a position to give statements, only an inquiry was initiated at first. Later, when it was confirmed that they had sustained gunshot injuries, an FIR was registered on September 18 and the case was converted to murder and attempted murder.

Mahjabeen succumbed to her injuries on August 29 at Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu. After post-mortem, her body was handed over to her family.

Following lapses in the initial probe, three police officials were suspended, and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted. The case was then handed over to the Crime Branch, which set up a new SIT to investigate both the firing incident and the role of the suspended officials.

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