CBI to take over Shopian murder case ThursdaySeptember 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A high level Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team arrives here Thursday to take over the inquiry of the Shopian rape and murder case. The 12-member team, headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG), is taking over the probe from the special investigation team (SIT) of the state police.
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.
Policemen get bail in Shopian rape and murderSeptember 11th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday gave bail to four police officers, arrested for negligence of duty and destruction of vital evidence in the Shopian twin rape and murder case. Justice Sunil Hali asked the accused to deposit Rs.50,000 each.
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.
Jammu and Kashmir approaches CBI to probe Shopian murdersSeptember 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday formally approached the central government for entrusting the probe into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "The state government has formally approached the secretary, department of personnel and training, government of India, New Delhi, along with copies of the FIR proforma and other related documents of the Shopian case for entrusting it to the CBI for holding investigation," said an official press release issued here.
Shopian rape-murder culprits will be brought to justice: OmarSeptember 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday visited Shopian town in south Kashmir and assured the families of two women raped and murdered there on May 30 that he would not rest until the culprits of the double murder were brought to justice. I would rather want the murderers to be hanged till death, Omar Abdullah told a public meeting at Kareva Zora village near Shopian town.
Chaos in Jammu and Kashmir assembly over Shopian murdersJuly 27th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir assembly session began on a stormy note Monday with legislators of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) stalling the proceedings by shouting slogans against the government over the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town. Led by party president Mehbooba Mufti, PDP legislators started shouting slogans like
"Produce the killers of Shopian" as the assembly session began here.
Accused Kashmiri police officers seek bailJuly 25th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Two police officers, arrested for their alleged involvement in the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in south Kashmir, moved their bail application in a court Saturday, a day after the apex court disposed of their petition. The Supreme Court while disposing of the special leave petition (SLP) of Javed Iqbal Mattoo, former superintendent of police Shopian, and Rohit Baskotra, deputy superintendent of police, said the applicants would be at liberty to move their bail application before the sessions court at Shopian.
Four Shopian police officers' blood samples collectedJuly 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Forensic experts have collected blood samples of the four suspended police officers, who are accused of destroying evidence after the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said Sunday. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court July 15 ordered the DNA profiling of the four police officers, Javed Iqbal Mattoo, the then superintendent of police (Shopian), Rohit Baskotra, deputy superintendent of police, Shafiq Ahmed, station house officer of the Shopian police station and his deputy, sub-inspector Abdul Karim Gazi.
Shopian murder: Four accused Kashmir cops arrested after court orderJuly 15th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Four suspended cops were arrested Wednesday evening after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court so ordered and asked police to profile their DNA for their alleged involvement in the "heinous crime of rape followed by murder" of two south Kashmir women May 30. A division bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir directed the special investigation team (SIT) to "arrest and produce" the accused police officers before the court.
Book suspended officials as accused: Shopian probe reportJuly 10th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The commission probing the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in south Kashmir May 30 has recommended that the five officials suspended after the crime be booked as accused, Jammu and Kashmir Finance and Law Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said Friday. "The commission has recommended that the four police officers and an officer of the forensic laboratory should be booked as accused in the FIR filed in the rape and murder of the two local women in Shopian," he said, making public the final report of the one man judicial commission that probed the incident.
Another Kashmiri woman dies after alleged assaultJuly 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A Kashmiri woman has died after she was allegedly assaulted by a Territorial Army man in a north Kashmir border village, an official said Thursday. Ashiq Hussain of the 160 battalion Territorial Army has been arrested after the family of the woman alleged that he Wednesday night barged into their house at Dolipora village in Kupwara, about 100 km from here.
Cops suspended for destroying evidence in Shopian rapeJune 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir government suspended four police officers and a forensic scientist Monday, a day after the one-man probe commission criticised them for "committing lapses" which led to the "loss of vital evidence" in the Shopian rape and murder case. Superintendent of Police Javed Iqbal Matoo, his deputy, a station house officer and an assistant sub-inspector have been suspended after they were found to have "destroyed the evidence", well informed sources told IANS.
Restrictions in Srinagar to foil Shopian protest marchJune 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Authorities Monday imposed curfew-like restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital to foil the separatists' call for a Shopian march today. Before his arrest Saturday, hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani had asked the people to resume their normal activities from Tuesday and called for a march Monday to Shopian town -- where two women were raped and killed May 30 -- to "express sympathies with the family".
Kashmir shuts down for sixth day against rape, murder of two womenJune 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Educational institutes, banks, government offices, shops and other businesses in the Kashmir Valley remained closed for the sixth consecutive day Saturday as clashes between security forces and irate residents continued over the alleged rape and murder of two women last week. Life remained paralysed and roads were deserted as the shutdown called by separatist Hurriyat Conference entered its sixth day with many secessionist leaders either arrested or confined to their homes here.
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