Srinagar: The CBI looking into the alleged
rape and murder of two women in Shopian, on Tuesday submitted its
report on the exhumation of the victims's bodies to the Jammu
and Kashmir High Court and sought more time to complete probe
into the case even as the court set December 14 as the next
date of hearing in the case.
While posting the matter for December 14, the division
bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Barin Gosh
and Justice Mohammad Yaqub Bhat said it should not be deemed
as granting more time to CBI to complete the investigations
and observed that both the court and the people of the state
wanted the agency to expedite probe into the case.
The CBI, which had exhumed the bodies of the two victims
on September 28 after obtaining permission from their family,
submitted its report to the court today in a sealed envelope
as was directed by the court on August 30.
Seeking reasonable time to complete investigations into
the case, CBI counsel Anil Bhan said that since the report
from forensic laboratory is awaited, it will take the probe
agency some time to conclude its investigations.
Later the division bench fixed December 14 as the next
date of hearing in the case.
The Chief Justice also directed the CBI to file a
chargesheet before an appropriate court after completing its
probe in the case.
Bodies of Asiya (17) and her sister-in-law Neelofar (22)
were recovered near a stream in Shopian on May 30 after they
went missing a day earlier sparking off massive protests in
the valley.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 18:32