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Kashmir shuts down over CBI's Shopian murder conclusions | The Majlis-e-Mushawarat Shopian has called for a shutdown today in protest against the report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Shopian rape and
murder case. The strike has been called, with the support from the Hurriyat Conference's
moderate faction. The CBI's report on the Shopian case had sparked off an agitation
in the Kashmir valley on Monday, with the families of the two women who were allegedly
raped and murdered in Shopian district of Kashmir, refused to accept the findings
of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report and burnt it outside the Jammu
and Kashmir High Court. In their final report submitted to the Jammu and Kashmir
High Court, the CBI has given a clean chit to the accused, denying that the two
women had been raped before being killed. The CBI in its report said 22-year-old
Neelofar and her sister-in-law Aasiya had drowned. The CBI has filed charge sheets
against six doctors; five lawyers and two others for fabricating the evidence
that led to huge protests in the area. The CBI will now present the report in-camera,
in the chamber of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice, as the families
of the victim did not accept the findings in the earlier report. In May this year,
the bodies of the two women, Neelofar and Aasiya were found in a stream near an
orchard in Shopian, 51 kilometers from Srinagar . The deaths were followed by
protests that lasted nearly 2 months, with many locals claiming that the women
had been raped and then murdered by security personnel. The protesters were demanding
that those responsible for the rape and murder be brought to justice. Following
this, the CBI exhumed the bodies and an on the spot examination was done by the
doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the reports
of the tests were shared with the Mushawarat Majlis-e-Committee, the group that
had led the protests in Shopian after the bodies were discovered. In the forensic
report submitted by the doctors of the AIIMS, the doctors had reportedly concluded
that soil and water were found in the two women's lungs and other organs, their
bodies would have got airlocked had they been killed, and then drowned into the
river. On September 12, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had granted bail to the
four policemen who were accused of having a role in the case. The policemen -
Former Superintendent of Police of Shopian Javed Iqbal Mattoo, Deputy Superintendent
of Police Rohit Baskota, Station House Officer Shopian Shafiq Ahmed and Sub-inspector
Gazi Abdul Rehman - were released on payment of a bond of Rs.50, 000 each. The
four had been accused of destroying evidence related to the case. |
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