Jammu Aug 30 PTI A policeman and his mother were arrested over alleged murder of his wife a teacher in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir officials said MondayWith the two arrests the police claimed to have solved the murder case of 36-year-old Shahnaz Akhter at Keri Gulatta village last week they saidAkhters body with visible injury marks was found 100 meters from her house on August 24 and a special investigation team was constituted to probe her deathThe blind murder case was solved within a week with the arrest of the husband and the mother-in-law of the deceased Sub-Divisional Police Officer SDPO Mendhar Z A Jaffri told reportersHe said an 11-member police team zeroed in on the accused persons who allegedly carried out the murder in a well-planned manner and also tampered with the evidence to escape arrestOfficials identified the arrested husband as constable Irfan Manhas who is posted with Indian Reserve Police Battalion in Srinagar They said the couple married with three daughters and a son were having some family disputeThey said the accused had reached his house around midnight on August 24 and allegedly strangled his wife to death with the active support of his motherHe had left the house for his place of posting after dumping the body to evade suspicion the officials said PTI TAS AB TIR TIR