New Delhi: 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 news agencies.
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.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, October 12, 2009, 21:32