Shopian victims bodies to be exhumed todaySeptember 28th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team will exhume the bodies of Shopian rape and murder victims here today. Earlier, the exhumation of the bodies was scheduled for Sunday.
CBI exhumes Shopian victims bodies(Lead:Shopian case)September 28th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team here on Monday exhumed the bodies of Shopian rape and murder victims. Earlier, the exhumation of the bodies was scheduled for Sunday.
CBI takes over Shopian rape and murder caseSeptember 17th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday took charge of the controversial Shopian rape and murder case from the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Last month, the Jammu and Kashmir Government had decided to hand over the case, involving two women, to the CBI.
CBI to take over Shopian probeSeptember 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over investigations into the Shopian killings in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year, official said Tuesday. The bodies of two women - Nilofar and Asiya - were found by the side of a local stream near Shopian town in Jammu and Kashmir May 30.
Demonstration in Shopian over death of property dealerSeptember 10th, 2009 SHOPIAN - Hundreds of residents on Wednesday took to the streets in Shopian town, 60 km from Srinagar, after a missing local was found dead. Frenzied locals raised anti-India slogans during the funeral procession of Mohammad Hussain Zargar, a prominent member of the local 'Majlis-e-Mushawarat' (council for discussion), the organisation that spearheaded protests to seek justice for the rape and murder of two Muslim women.
J and K Government to hand over Shopian murder case to CBIAugust 12th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday decided to handover the controversial Shopian rape and murder case involving two women to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Sources said the State Cabinet unanimously took the decision hours after opposition parties created uproar in the State Assembly alleging tampering of DNA test reports in the case.
Shopian court rejects bail plea of J- K police officersAugust 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A court in Shopian on Thursday rejected the bail application of Jammu and Kashmir police officers, who were arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian. The court rejected their plea under the Section 497 of CRPC (discretionary powers of the judge to grant bail or not).
Mehbooba Mufti throws microphone at Speaker in Kashmir AssemblyJuly 27th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes over the Shopian case. PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti wanted to raise the issue but Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone did not allow her to raise the issue.
Shopian case: J- K police officers bail plea hearing todayJuly 27th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The bail applications of Jammu and Kashmir police officers, arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian, will be heard by a court in Shopian today. On July 24, the Supreme Court had directed two arrested officers to move their bail applications before a Sessions court.
Blood samples of arrested police officials collected in Shopian murder caseJuly 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Blood samples of the four policemen charged for dissipation and suppression of evidence in the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town were taken here on Sunday. Medical officers assisting the investigation of Shopian murder took blood samples of the four police personnel, who are presently in police custody.
J and K HC orders exhumation of Shopian rape victims bodiesJuly 4th, 2009 SRINAGAR J - The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed state police to exhume the bodies of the victims of rape and murder in Shopian for fresh post mortem. The court also ordered that no person, including security personnel could leave Shopian without special permission.
Protests continue over Shopian incident in KashmirJune 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Activists of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) took out a candlelight march here last night to protest against the alleged rape and murder of two Kashmiri women at Shopian area last month. Holding placards for justice, supporters marched raising pro-freedom slogans and later staged a sit-in demonstration demanding immediate arrest of the culprits.
Superintendent of Police among four suspended in the Jammu and Kashmir rape and murder caseJune 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday suspended four policemen, including the then Superintendent of Police, on recommendations of a one-man probe panel into the alleged killing of two women in Shopian on May 29. The Commission, which was appointed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on June 3, submitted the interim report to the state government after examining more than a dozen witnesses, including the then Superintendent of Police.
Shopian protests continue over alleged rape of Kashmiri womenJune 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Security persons resorted to firing teargas shells on Friday at Nowhatta area of Srinagar to disperse a violent mob, which was staging protest over the alleged double rape and murder case of two women in Shopian last month. Protestors hurled stones on the state Police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in response to which police took action, which left about 25 persons as injured during the police action.
Protest over death of two Kashmiri women continues in valley, PDP suggests FIRJune 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Police resorted to baton charge and fired tear gas shells to quell agitated people, who pelted stones at them while protesting the death of two women allegedly by some security personnel here on Friday. The protest on its fifth day today saw an angry mob sloganeering and demanding action against the culprits.
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