Srinagar, July 04: Thousands of residents of
Shopian and adjoining areas on Saturday staged a sit-in before the
office of the Deputy commissioner, Shopian, demanding
punishment for the culprits involved in the alleged rape and
murder of two local women.
Wearing black badges, men, women and children of
Shirmal, Zawoora, Mamindar, Alliyalpora, Gagran, Batpora,
Shopian and adjoining villages took to the streets and marched
in a procession on the directions of Majlis-e-Mushawarat
outfit, spearheading the agitation on the issue, to the office
of the DC and presented a memorandum urging the authorities to
identify the culprits and punish them.
The nearly four-hour-long sit-in in Shopian, 52 kms
from here, was peaceful.
The strike in the district town against the rape and
murder of Asiya and Nelofar entered 36th day today.
The bodies of 17-year-old Asiya and her pregnant
22-year-old sister-in-law Nelofar were recovered near a stream
on May 30 after they went missing from their orchard a day
earlier.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 15:45