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| After 4yrs, Apex Court directs CBI to probe alleged 'custodial death' in Srinagar | | Rajneesh death case: | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 20: After four long struggle by Jammu based business family for the justice, the Apex Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the alleged 'custodial death' of Rajneesh Sharma, a local businessman who allegedly was tortured to death at Munshi Bagh Police Station on Oct 5, 2009.
Pertinent here to mention for the inept that one Rajneesh from Jammu had married a Kashmir based Muslim girl Amina Yousaf after she embraced Hindu religion and got named as Aanchal. The couple got married on August 21 2009 and a month later Rajneesh was picked up by the Srinagar police from the residence of his brother in Jammu on September 29 and on October 5 he was found hanging inside the bathroom of Munshi bagh police station. Initially the girl who embraced Hindu religion decided to live with her in laws family and tried to fight against the will of her family but later she succumbed to the alleged pressure and went to valley to join her family. Meanwhile Aanchal's father lodged an FIR at Ram Munshi Bagh Police Station accusing Rajneesh and his family of kidnapping his daughter. Two post-mortems were conducted on the body of the Rajneesh, one in Srinagar and one in Jammu. The findings suggest severe torture-burning by cigarette butts and hanging upside & down.
Meanwhile, the state government too had ordered an enquiry by Addl District Magistrate M.A. Ganai who recorded the statements of various witnesses including Anchal Sharma wife of the deceased, wherein, she had clearly held her two brothers, father, SHO Ram Munshi Bagh and SHO Bakshi Nagar responsible for killing of her husband. However, the report of enquiry was a synchronize version of police report and rejected by the family member of deceased.
Addressing a media conference today BJP Kashmir Cell National Co-convenor Chander Mohan Sharma (Adv.), alongwith family members of Rajneesh Kumar, while welcoming the decision of the Apex court that this order of Apex court should serve as an eye opener to the coalition government of J&K.
The state government has always been claiming to have zero tolerance toward human rights violation and on this issue the leaders of the coalition government have always tried to defame security forces and army but they term their deaf ear towards the atrocities committed by Kashmir police, particularly on the members of minority community in the state.
Sharma thanked and showered all praise for Ms Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India and her team of Advocates for agitating the matter before the apex court. Sharma told reporters that after hearing Ms Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate for the aged mother and brother of the deceased, Supreme Court Bench consisting of Justice C.K. Prasad and Justice J.S. Kehar on Wednesday (September 18) directed the CBI to investigate into the death of a young Hindu boy, who was alleged to have committed suicide in judicial custody in a Police Station in Srinagar, Kashmir, and to submit the report within six months.
It was argued by Ms Pinky Anand that the post mortem report itself showed 17 different injuries sustained by the deceased Rajneesh Sharma. It was further argued that statement of witnesses also showed that Rajneesh Sharma died in Police custody due to police torture and electric shocks.
The petitioners (the family members) had prayed for CBI investigation as there was no likelihood of justice from the police authorities. The petitioners had further prayed for compensation and punitive damages of Rs.50 lakhs from the State for the wrongful death of Rajneesh and guidelines to be framed against action of the police in such cases and cases of inter caste/religion marriages. The Supreme Court gave the petitioners liberty to move for further relief in Supreme Court after the report of CBI.
The family members of the deceased-Raj Kumari (Mother), Shalu Sharma (sister), Kiran Sharma (Sister) and Koushal Sharma (brother-in-law) who were also present in the press conference and thanked Ms Pinky Anand (Adv.), P.C. Sharma (Adv.), BJP Mahila Morcha, VHP and other social organizations for taking up this cause of action for justice.(
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