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| Shopian Case: CBI Probing J&K Police's FIR | | |
NEW DELHI | OCT 12
CBI, probing the alleged double rape and murder case of two women in Shopian, has said it is investigating whether the FIR filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police was right or wrong.
"Our immediate task is to focus, to prove, whether the FIR was right or wrong. That investigation is on," CBI Director Ashwani Kumar told .
The CBI chief however, refused to say anything about the allegations of mishandling of the case by the state police saying that it was not the subject of investigation.
"I do not know. We are not looking into that. That is not our subject. We have been asked to investigate in the case, which we are doing," he said.
The agency which will submit its preliminary findings before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court is awaiting forensic report of victims Neelofar (22), and her sister-in-law Aasiya (17), done by doctors from AIIMS four months after the alleged crimes took place.
"We are yet to carry out the forensic tests. We are working with a view to see whether the younger lady (Aasiya) was raped and murdered... Whether the elder lady (Neelofar) was raped and murdered. That is what the FIR say. We are working on that," the Director said.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had on September 11 granted bail to four police officials arrested for alleged destruction of evidence in the sensational case and made some harsh observations against the police team probing the incident.
The four police officials-- SP Javed Iqbal Mattoo, DySP Rohit Baskotra, SHO Shafeeq Ahmad and sub-inspector Qazi Abdul Karim-- were arrested on July 15 and released by the court on a bond of Rs 50,000 each and conditions that they would not leave the state or influence witnesses.
Neelofar and Aasiya were found dead in a stream at Shopian, 51 kilometres from Srinagar, on May 30 after which widespread protests threw life out of gear in the valley.
CBI took over the Shopian case on September 15 on the Centre's directive.
Jammu and Kashmir government had on September 9 approached the Centre seeking a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder case, after the Special Investigating Team of the state failed to make any breakthrough.
On being asked when the medical report was expected, Kumar said, "Let us see."
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