Srinagar: A nine-member CBI team arrived here this afternoon after the agency registered a case to begin its probe into the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police in the CBI Satish Golcha, the team will hold discussions with the Special Investigating Team headed by Inspector General of Police (Kashmir range) Farooq Ahmed, official sources said.
A CBI spokesman in Delhi said the agency has registered a case and the probe has begun.
Ahead of the arrival of the team, a wish-list was handed over to the state government by the CBI in which the agency demanded that the Special Secretary in state home department should be the pointsman for the CBI officials in case of any necessity.
Besides lodging facilities, the CBI team demanded four bullet-proof vehicles and eight escort teams, and internet connections not only in Srinagar but also in Shopian district.
The team has also demanded a host of liaison officers and translators which will assist the agency sleuths during the probe.
Notwithstanding its opposition, the Government had directed the CBI on September 15 to investigate the alleged rape and murder of Neelofar (22) and Aasiya (17) whose bodies were found on May 30 this year.
Department of Personnel and Training had issued a notification under section five of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act asking the CBI to take over the case in a day or two.
The DoPT notification was issued on Monday after CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said the agency had informed the government about its reservations to take up the case but left a final decision to the government.
Jammu and Kashmir government had on 9th September approached the Centre for ordering a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder, which had sparked widespread street protests in Shopian for days together, after the Special Investigating Team of the state failed to make any breakthrough in it.
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