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Shopian rape case: HC orders exhumation of womens' bodies

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Posted: Jul 04, 2009 at 1636 hrs IST
Srinagar protests

Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed exhumation of the bodies of two women allegedly raped and murdered in Shopian last month to collect their DNA samples subject to the consent of their family.

Noting that the DNA report is missing and post-mortem was done in a proper way, a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Barin Gosh and Justice Mohammad Yaqub Mir ordered exhumation of the bodies of Asiya and Nelofar.

Justice Gosh directed the principal of medical college Srinagar to set up a team of doctors to perform the tests.

"This is a sensational matter. Every man on the street, irrespective of caste or creed, is praying for the culprits to be caught," he observed. The case has sparked massive protests in the Kashmir Valley.

The court appointed inspector general of police (CID) Farooq Ahmad as special officer inquiry and DIG Rouf-ul-Hassan as his deputy to monitor the proceedings of the special investigation team (SIT) inquiring into the case.

Ahmad is at present carrying out an internal departmental probe into alleged negligence of duty by four suspended police officials including the former SP, Shopian.

The court also directed the SIT headed by SP Shah Din Malik to interrogate and carry out narco-analysis test of four suspended police officials and two witnesses. It asked the SIT to submit its progress report every week to the Court.

The orders were passed by the court after hearing the arguments of Kashmir High Court Bar Association (KHCBA) which had filed a PIL on the Shopian incident.

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Shopian rape case: HC orders exhumation of womens' bodies by Suresh Rao on 05 Jul 2009

Let us be very clear about one thing.The people who live presently in Kashmir are parasites.They are trying to weaken India by attempting to break away .Parasites may reside in the body of the host but that does not mean that they are the owners. Kashmir belongs to India and Indians . If they rae not happy in INDIA then please leave.India in that way is sufficiently free and does not believe forcing people to live here in India against their will. As regards Plebicite , it is a very good idea to have a Plebicite by us Indians to determine whether the people presently living in Kashmir should be allowed to live there or should be persuaded to leave. That is the only point to be decided

@mir maroof by saro on 05 Jul 2009

Pak wants to finish Kashmiris, not Kashmir issue. They are fond of land

Good luck ! by sakthiman on 05 Jul 2009

We sympathise with victims of terror and state. But these cases have become so common across the globe that one group or one area can not claim to be seperated or targetted. As far as wars are concerned yes any body can raise war as long as he can sustain it. Typical example is Sri Lanka Tamils . One must remember that both Pakistan and India wouldn't like to compromise on the sensitive borders irrespective of what world or Kashmir thinks. So that being is clear, one is left to have his own fancies about what life he wants to lead and allow his fellow citizens to lead.Also people should remember taht Kashmir is part and parcel of Indian cultures since ages. Few groups might have setteled there, which doesn't give right to seek sepearatism. Kashmir is pride of India and 100 crore population will not be mute spectators if any untoward decisions are sought.

Handle the situation delicately by Premshila on 05 Jul 2009

Its an sensitive issue, and need to be handled carefully. Otherwise the so called freedom fighters /separatists will take advantage of the situation. Kashmir remains and will always remain an integral part of India.Its not that such atrocities happen only in Kashmir, there are number of times such incidents have been reported from other parts of the country. I am not saying that rape and murder is acceptable, the culprits must be punished and law must prevail.

waseem and mafoor are anti nationals but saqib who lives in the heart of national capital ,is very unpatriotic and a traiter by Dr Anand Dube on 05 Jul 2009

it is people like saqib who are the reminants of pakistan who stayed back in our country eat,do job here educate treir children here but are sympathisers of pakistan.these people should be send to pakistan,they recognise a integral part of india as a disputed territory this is the gretaest anti national comment,but this country gives you the liberty of freedom of speech,thought and action.we should be very care full like people like him should never evr be a part of our armed forces,they are not true muslims of india who declined to burry the pakistanis terrorist after mumbai.kashmir should be nonnegotiable,we dont negotiate our mother with anyone.concentrate on uprooting isi supporters within our borders,bringing people like dawood to face justice.dont ever trust paksitan,we can never ever be good neighbours forget friends.make us self sufficient to look after our defence needs.no trade withpak,not even a single visa issued to pakis.every paki is a indian enemy.p.m no more shaking ha

KASHMIR WAS WILL BE ALWAYS SRINAGAR BAGWAN KA NAGAR,PART OF BHARAT MATA by Dr Anand Dube on 05 Jul 2009

We salute our highly professional,brave,selfless army,for your courage and determination to fight for every millimeter of our motherland.the pathological liers and isi sponsored people should understand that 950 million of india population and many living outside india recognise kashmir as apart of bharat mata.ven the POK is part of our motherland were unfortunately by our past mistakes is under administration of rogue napak army.we should escalate the troop presence in kashmir and have zero tolerance to false, fabricated,lies against our brave selfless disciplined soilders.we are willing to dye for our soilders and our bharat mata.pranab mukerjee has great opportunity to increase the defence spending and look after our national treasure indian armed forces very well.we should make permanant houses for army personal in kashmir and resettle the kashmiri pandits who have been driven out of their home land by hurriyat and terrorist which came from pak.help in liberating balochistan.

It seems waseem has got genetic pools of pakistanis ONE OF A "PATHOLOGICAL LIER". by Dr Anand Dube on 05 Jul 2009

this man is mad wassem is a typical pakistani who remanined in india and kashmir when pakistan was born.his language like indian forces are killing infants just sound to me like pakistanis saying primeminister and president and army like MOHAMEDAJMAL KASAB A BRUTAL SPINELESS TERRORIST WHO DINT HAVE THE GUTS TO FIGHT OUR COMMANDOES OPENED FIRE ON INNOCENT CHILDREN,WOMEN,PREGNANT LADIES AND OLD AND FRAIL ELDERLY AND WAS SEEN LAUGHING AFTER THAT ,SUCH ACT CAN ONLY BE DONE BY A PAKISTANI A ROGUE TERRORIST COUNTRY.WASEEM YOU ARE SUCH A BIG FOOL YOU CANT EVEN LIE PROPERLY,EVEN IF INDIA HAS WHITE ANTS LIKE YOU THE CULTURE THE HERITAGE AND THE RELIGION OF THIS COUNTRY IS SO STRONG THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND MAROOF CAN NEVER EVER ERODE ITS FOUNDATION.WE SHOULD SETTLE OUR ARMY PERMANENTLY IN KASHMIR VALLEY AND HAVE A ABSOLUTE DETERMINATION THAT WE WILL FIGHT TILL THE WORLD EXITS EVEN IF TAKES MILLION YEAR TO DEFEND EVRY INCH OF OUR TERRITORY.LET US IGNORE THE LIES OF PEOPLE LIKE WASSEM AND MAROOF.

india doesnt need mr maroof to prosper,india has prosper even with antogonism of proxy war with pakistan and repeated attcack on civilians by this rogue country pak and its supporters like maroof. by Dr Anand Dube on 05 Jul 2009

people in kashmir should understand that even before their ancesters came from kyber pass and settled in the beutifull hindu land of current pak,PAKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR AND THE HINDU AND BUDDIST KASHMIR,FROM ETERNITY KASHMIR HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN PART OF INDIA AND THIS GLORIOUS HINDU,SIKH,BUDDIST,CHISTIAN COUNTRY,WERE ISLAMIC INVADERS CAME AND BECAUSE OF INHARENT VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY WERE ABLE TO DECECRATE HINDU TEMPLES.I WANT TO REMIND HIMTHAT ALL THREE WARS HE SAID PAKSITANIS HAVE FAUGHT AGAINST OUR GLORIOUS AND MAGNIFICIANT ARMY THEY HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.OUR ARMY HAS FAUGHT FOR CAUSE OF ISLAM TO LIBERATE DEPRIVED AND UNDERPREVALEDGE BANGLADESHIS WHO WERE OPRESSED BY PAKISTANIS JUST LIKE THEY ARE DENYING RIGHTS AND OPRESSING BALOCHISTANIS.MR MAROOF LOOKS AND SOUND TO ME LIKE PAKISTANI MAN SINCE HE IS GLORIFYING THREE WARS.MR MAROOF BE REAL KASHMIR AND SRINAGAR THE NAME ITSELF SAYSS IT ALL " SRINAGAR".HOW CAN IT BECOME PAKSITAN.TAKE YOUR HISTORY LESSONS PROPERLY HURRIYAT AND PAK.

Kashmir by GMSadiq on 05 Jul 2009

Punish the guilty. Every Indian has a right to justice

We will fight for a 1000 years!!! by Mir Maroof on 05 Jul 2009

Are you living in a fools paradise, three wars have been fought, and thee has been a revolution going on in Kashmir for past 20 years, 100000 kashmiris have laid down their lives just because we want freedom from India. Let India prosper as a neighbour but nobody can stop we Kashmiris from acquiring a separate homeland. Your Independence struggle started in 1857 and you got free after 90 years. So dont be under the impression that by using force India would be able to muzzle our voices. We are determined, we are giving sacrifices and we will acheieve freedom, what if we have to fight for another 1000 years.

The use of political propoganda at the expense of the common man by Swami Vivekananda on 04 Jul 2009

The crime that was perpetuated against these innocent women is repugnant and the guilty should be brought to justice. It is unfortunate that the Kashmiri separatists are using this incident to forment unrest in an attempt to advance their own selfish agenda.The people of Kashmir are dependant on healthy tourism as a major income earner. The unrest that is perpetuated by the separatist vitriol denies the people the ability to participate in the economic success of the rest of the country.Such unrest causes commerce, trade, and economic activity to cease - and this cessation is a direct inhibitor of economic prosperity and social harmony.In addition, unrest distracts the investigation from the crime, and the apprehension of the criminals - and impedes the carriage of justice.The separatists, as is apparent have no interest in obtaining justice - only using any opportunity to advance a selfish agenda at society's expense.

20 yrs of oppression and atrocities by deen on 04 Jul 2009

we r suffrering this kind of attrocities and jungli law from forces particularly indian army this is truth as indicated by mr waseem . india should fear God and do fair justice with this part of world otherwise one day God's wrath will fall upon india .

Please go deep. by M.N.Saqib, Delhi; on 04 Jul 2009

I as an Indian feel that Mr.Ilarum is going more patriotic. After all we as Indians need to understand the sensitivity of this disputed territory and should make our comments seriously.

Face it by Rajeev on 04 Jul 2009

It is result of india's weak handling of kashmir affairs.The more understanding india shows more demanding sunnis muslims living valley would become.The so called speratism driven by islam can not be a genuine freedom struggle. India must crush these people.

Hostile population ! by chanakya on 04 Jul 2009

This is not the first time . Earlier also trhere were attempts by pseudo intellectuals like Arundhati to malice the security forces on fictious grounds. Top most leadership were brought to disrepute only to promote the cause of disintegration. The mania struck handful misguided groups want to cut this part of India and offer to Pakistan only to create another talibistan.It is unfortunate that though this piece of country which was historically part of India, has to be maintained at astronomous cost and at the hostile attitude of local population. Enough is enough . I think it is high time to declare Kashmir as non negotiable and put all divisive forces at rest.

Kashmir is a prison by iajaz on 04 Jul 2009

Wonder what would have been the reaction if any other part of India was subjected to such torture and abuse.Stop lecturing us kashmiris.This is our land one day you will have to vacate in huniliation and disgust, better late than never you need not convience us better feed your hungry and downtrodden,we can take care of ourselves.

shopian rape and violence by shan on 04 Jul 2009

Why are the Indian army and CRPF always blamed for any violence or atrocity in J

Punish them strongly by S.M.Singru on 04 Jul 2009

Our security forces are cracking up under tension

Response to Waseem by Guruji on 04 Jul 2009

The suspects in this sad case are policemen who are kashmiri locals. They are not Indian army personel. Get informed before jumping onto your anti-indian blabber. You should be thankful that you are still with India. Otherwise you would be ruled by the talibanis today.. just like your conterparts in POK.

kasshmiris under torture of indian armed forces by WASEEM on 04 Jul 2009

kasshmiris under torture of indian armed forces since long time ,it is routine job of indian armed forces they are killing innocent people by labeling them as terrorists , they are killing infants,they burned our homes markets, they are killing peace protestors, they are raping our womens.Thanks to Indian Government they are doing nothing.

Chhodo Bhaai by ilarum on 04 Jul 2009

Indian Government... Indian armed forces... what do U mean? R U Paki...If so, dont interven in the internal matters of this country. If not leave this country and settle in your paradise, Pakistan.

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