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CBI registers four cases in Pathribal DNA fudging case
New Delhi, Aug 24: The CBI has registered four cases into the alleged DNA fudging and destroying of evidence in the infamous Pathribal incident of south Kashmir where five persons believed to be civilians were killed by army and shown as foreign mercenaries responsible for killing of 35 Sikhs at Chittisinghpura.
New Delhi, Aug 24: The CBI has registered four cases into the alleged DNA fudging and destroying of evidence in the infamous Pathribal incident of south Kashmir where five
persons believed to be civilians were killed by army and shown as foreign mercenaries responsible for killing of 35 Sikhs at Chittisinghpura.
The cases deal with the attempt to murder and kidnap and
destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy, among other
offences, the sources said.
The CBI sources said the cases were registered against unknown people and the investigations were in a preliminary stage.
Five persons were labelled as foreign militants who had indulged in killing of 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpura on the eve of the visit of the then US President Bill Clinton to India.
The state government had handed over the investigations into the case to CBI as the one-man commission set up to probe into the DNA fudging case was unable to examine the troops of 77 Rashtriya Rifles because the force decided to keep away from the enquiry.
The state government last month terminated the service of an Assistant Sub Inspector while recommending to the Centre termination of the services of Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Farooq Khan, possibly the highest decorated cop in the state, for allegedly fudging the DNA test samples of the kin of five persons killed in Pathribal, a charge denied by the cop.
Bureau Report
The CBI sources said the cases were registered against unknown people and the investigations were in a preliminary stage.
Five persons were labelled as foreign militants who had indulged in killing of 35 Sikhs in Chittisinghpura on the eve of the visit of the then US President Bill Clinton to India.
The state government had handed over the investigations into the case to CBI as the one-man commission set up to probe into the DNA fudging case was unable to examine the troops of 77 Rashtriya Rifles because the force decided to keep away from the enquiry.
The state government last month terminated the service of an Assistant Sub Inspector while recommending to the Centre termination of the services of Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Farooq Khan, possibly the highest decorated cop in the state, for allegedly fudging the DNA test samples of the kin of five persons killed in Pathribal, a charge denied by the cop.
Bureau Report