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| 4 held guilty in Tabinda murder case | | PP to pray for death penalty | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 18: The Principal and Sessions Judge, Kupwara Muhammad Ibrahim today held four accused responsible for Tabinda Gani rape and murder case. The sentence shall be awarded on April 23.
Tabinda, a student of 8th class, was found dead in an orchard in Langate area on 20 July 2007 after her abduction. Medical reports confirmed rape before murder which was carried out by slitting her throat.
The gruesome act evoked massive protests across Kashmir with people demanding severe punishment to the culprits.
Police later arrested four accused including two non-locals from Langate and filed a challan against them. The accused confessed to the crime.
The last witness to the Tabinda Gani murder and rape case admitted before the Court that the four accused held for raping and murdering 8th class student were paraded before the eyewitnesses under his command and the people including a minor during the parade clearly identified the culprits and he is witness to it.
The last (86th) witness in the case, then Naib Tehsildar Langate, presently Tehsildar Abdul Rashid Shah continuously appeared before the Sessions Court for the fifth time and during his last turn, he confirmed to the court that all the accused in the case were properly identified by the witnesses during a parade.
He had identified the culprits as Sadiq Mir alias Sadiq Choor, Azhar Mir alias Bilal both residents of Langate, Jehangir Bihari of West Bengal (carpenter by profession) and Suresh Mochi (a cobbler). The public prosecutor in the case stated that on the next date of hearing, he will pray for nothing less than death sentence for the convicts. |
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