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Another heart rending scene in Srinagar,People walling and moaning all around.These episodes keep your heart at the numb feeling,you don't know what to talk on the moment and what mark these things leave on your brain....
● 2 Women Found Dead
● They Were Raped, Murdered: Family
Srinagar, May 30: Two young women were Saturday found dead in mysterious circumstances in South Kashmir’s Shopian district triggering massive protests as their family and local people alleged that the duo were raped and murdered by the armed forces. The authorities clamped curfew in the town which the protesters defied. Fifty persons, including several policemen, were injured in the clashes.
The bodies of Neelofar Jan wife of Shakeel Ahmad Ahangar and Aasiya Jan daughter of Abdul Gani Ajangar, both residents of Bungam, were found near Rambiara nullah around 6 am at some distance from a CRPF camp.
According to locals, Aasiya, 17, and her pregnant sister-in-law, Neelofar, 24, were missing since Friday evening after they had gone into their orchard at Degam, Batpora across the nullah.
Neelofar’s husband, Shakeel Ahmad said, “The duo had left for the orchard at 5 pm on Friday. When they didn’t return till late in the evening, I went out to search them. I could not find them any where and a neighbour told me that the duo had left for home just when a patrolling party was passing through the area. I then approached the police. At 10 pm, I along with a police party led by the station house officer, went out in search of Neelofar and Aasiya but couldn’t locate them till 3 am after which we returned.”
On Saturday at 5 am, Shakeel said, he along with the police party again went in search of the duo. “I saw Neelofar’s body in the nullah and Aasiya’s body one kilometre away from her,” he said.
BROTHER’S STATEMENT
Asiya’s brother, Zahoor Ahmad, who lifted the bodies, said Neelofar’s body was lying on the left side of the bridge in the nullah. “There were injury marks on the right side of her neck while her clothes were in tatters. It seemed she had been strangulated to death by her scarf… her trousers were open.”
He said Asiya’s body was found one kilometer away Rambiara nullah. “There were injury marks and scratches on her face. Her body was naked and I covered it with my shirt and shifted the bodies to hospital.”
Describing as baseless and fabricated the police version that the bodies had no injury marks, Zahoor said Neelofar’s body had been kept in water near a boulder about 50 feet away and her body bore scratches on the right side. Her neck had visible strangulation marks and her clothes had been torn. The body of Aasiya was located in a stream flowing near Arahama shrine. She had a deep wound on her forehead and scratches on the right side of her face. He said she had no undergarments and he put his own shirt over her body.
Zahoor and another relation, Muhammad Amin, said they were present during the post-mortem when the doctors confirmed that both the deceased had been raped. “In our presence, the doctors confirmed rape,” he said, adding that during the post-mortem, which was three doctors, a police havildar entered the room and told the doctors that in case rape had been committed, they should hand over the bodies immediately to the family as the situation in the town had become explosive.
“A little later, the same police havildar entered the room and conveyed the senior police official’s message for the doctors that their report should be negative,” Zahoor said, adding they ran out shouting to inform the people about it after which violence broke out in the town.
Zahoor said he and other family members, including Muhammad Amin, Ziauddin and a women, were present during the second post-mortem conducted by a team of doctors from Pulwama. “During the second post-mortem, in presence of the DC and SP, I urged the doctors to say on oath whether rape had been committed. When the doctors replied in the affirmative, the SP told us that it was a rape case. He reprimanded the doctors why they had revealed it to the relatives. However, he consoled us and assured us of his full support,” he added.
Incidentally, the first post-mortem was incomplete due to the violent incidents outside the hospital. Declining comment, the deputy chief medical officer, Dr Sofi, who led the doctors’ team, said the post-mortem report would be ready within two days.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Eyewitnesses said a group of migratory shepherds with their flocks were camping overnight at the spots where the bodies of the two were located this morning. This was confirmed by a police official, Muhammad Yaseen, who had accompanied the search teams till 2.30 a.m. today. “When I and the SHO, Shopian, went in search of the women, the shepherds were missing. I would ask the administration where had they vanished,” Neelofar’s husband, Shakeel Ahmad, said, adding he had come to know in the morning that the shepherds had heard the screams and shrieks of the women because of which they were forced to leave the spot.
Asked about it, the police official, Muhammad Yaseen, said he had seen the shepherds during night. “Where had they gone by the morning, he did not know,” he said, adding the bodies were found at the places where the police team carried out the overnight searches.
SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS
As soon as the news about the incident spread in the area, the entire area was rocked by spontaneous protests. Hundreds of people, including a large number of women, took to streets shouting anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. They alleged that the duo were first raped and then murdered by the troopers.
Police and CRPF swung into action and baton charged the protesters firing repeated teargas canisters to disperse them. However, protesters retaliated by pelting stones triggering clashes which continued throughout the day.
While the bodies were taken to the District Hospital, Shopian, where a team of doctors conducted post mortem on them, a large number of people thronged the premises and ransacked the hospital by stoning the window panes and damaging its property. They demanded that the post mortem should be done again by a team of “neutral” doctors from outside the district. Police fired dozens of teargas shells to disperse the protesters. Several people including two doctors were injured during the protests.
The angry protesters later attacked the office of the deputy commissioner and the Police Station. While the protesters pelted stones on the government buildings, police retaliated by lobbing teargas shells and firing several rounds in air.
The deputy commissioner, M R Thakur, later consulted the director, Health Services, after which a team of doctors from Pulwama conducted the post mortem. Its report was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory. The bodies were later handed over to the family and laid to rest late in the evening.
While the protests refused to subside, authorities clamped curfew in the district.
The senior superintendent of police, Javaid Iqbal Matto, said the medical report had been sent to the FSL to ascertain the cause of death.
Asked whether the deceased were raped before being murdered, he said, “Right now we can only say that it is a case of mysterious death. The report will come by Monday,” he said.
About the alleged involvement of the armed forces in the incident, the SSP said, “We can’t rule it out. Every angle will be investigated.”
Police said that it has launched inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC.
P.S:- Pray for their soul,may they rest in heaven"Ameen"
● 2 Women Found Dead
● They Were Raped, Murdered: Family
Srinagar, May 30: Two young women were Saturday found dead in mysterious circumstances in South Kashmir’s Shopian district triggering massive protests as their family and local people alleged that the duo were raped and murdered by the armed forces. The authorities clamped curfew in the town which the protesters defied. Fifty persons, including several policemen, were injured in the clashes.
The bodies of Neelofar Jan wife of Shakeel Ahmad Ahangar and Aasiya Jan daughter of Abdul Gani Ajangar, both residents of Bungam, were found near Rambiara nullah around 6 am at some distance from a CRPF camp.
According to locals, Aasiya, 17, and her pregnant sister-in-law, Neelofar, 24, were missing since Friday evening after they had gone into their orchard at Degam, Batpora across the nullah.
Neelofar’s husband, Shakeel Ahmad said, “The duo had left for the orchard at 5 pm on Friday. When they didn’t return till late in the evening, I went out to search them. I could not find them any where and a neighbour told me that the duo had left for home just when a patrolling party was passing through the area. I then approached the police. At 10 pm, I along with a police party led by the station house officer, went out in search of Neelofar and Aasiya but couldn’t locate them till 3 am after which we returned.”
On Saturday at 5 am, Shakeel said, he along with the police party again went in search of the duo. “I saw Neelofar’s body in the nullah and Aasiya’s body one kilometre away from her,” he said.
BROTHER’S STATEMENT
Asiya’s brother, Zahoor Ahmad, who lifted the bodies, said Neelofar’s body was lying on the left side of the bridge in the nullah. “There were injury marks on the right side of her neck while her clothes were in tatters. It seemed she had been strangulated to death by her scarf… her trousers were open.”
He said Asiya’s body was found one kilometer away Rambiara nullah. “There were injury marks and scratches on her face. Her body was naked and I covered it with my shirt and shifted the bodies to hospital.”
Describing as baseless and fabricated the police version that the bodies had no injury marks, Zahoor said Neelofar’s body had been kept in water near a boulder about 50 feet away and her body bore scratches on the right side. Her neck had visible strangulation marks and her clothes had been torn. The body of Aasiya was located in a stream flowing near Arahama shrine. She had a deep wound on her forehead and scratches on the right side of her face. He said she had no undergarments and he put his own shirt over her body.
Zahoor and another relation, Muhammad Amin, said they were present during the post-mortem when the doctors confirmed that both the deceased had been raped. “In our presence, the doctors confirmed rape,” he said, adding that during the post-mortem, which was three doctors, a police havildar entered the room and told the doctors that in case rape had been committed, they should hand over the bodies immediately to the family as the situation in the town had become explosive.
“A little later, the same police havildar entered the room and conveyed the senior police official’s message for the doctors that their report should be negative,” Zahoor said, adding they ran out shouting to inform the people about it after which violence broke out in the town.
Zahoor said he and other family members, including Muhammad Amin, Ziauddin and a women, were present during the second post-mortem conducted by a team of doctors from Pulwama. “During the second post-mortem, in presence of the DC and SP, I urged the doctors to say on oath whether rape had been committed. When the doctors replied in the affirmative, the SP told us that it was a rape case. He reprimanded the doctors why they had revealed it to the relatives. However, he consoled us and assured us of his full support,” he added.
Incidentally, the first post-mortem was incomplete due to the violent incidents outside the hospital. Declining comment, the deputy chief medical officer, Dr Sofi, who led the doctors’ team, said the post-mortem report would be ready within two days.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Eyewitnesses said a group of migratory shepherds with their flocks were camping overnight at the spots where the bodies of the two were located this morning. This was confirmed by a police official, Muhammad Yaseen, who had accompanied the search teams till 2.30 a.m. today. “When I and the SHO, Shopian, went in search of the women, the shepherds were missing. I would ask the administration where had they vanished,” Neelofar’s husband, Shakeel Ahmad, said, adding he had come to know in the morning that the shepherds had heard the screams and shrieks of the women because of which they were forced to leave the spot.
Asked about it, the police official, Muhammad Yaseen, said he had seen the shepherds during night. “Where had they gone by the morning, he did not know,” he said, adding the bodies were found at the places where the police team carried out the overnight searches.
SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS
As soon as the news about the incident spread in the area, the entire area was rocked by spontaneous protests. Hundreds of people, including a large number of women, took to streets shouting anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. They alleged that the duo were first raped and then murdered by the troopers.
Police and CRPF swung into action and baton charged the protesters firing repeated teargas canisters to disperse them. However, protesters retaliated by pelting stones triggering clashes which continued throughout the day.
While the bodies were taken to the District Hospital, Shopian, where a team of doctors conducted post mortem on them, a large number of people thronged the premises and ransacked the hospital by stoning the window panes and damaging its property. They demanded that the post mortem should be done again by a team of “neutral” doctors from outside the district. Police fired dozens of teargas shells to disperse the protesters. Several people including two doctors were injured during the protests.
The angry protesters later attacked the office of the deputy commissioner and the Police Station. While the protesters pelted stones on the government buildings, police retaliated by lobbing teargas shells and firing several rounds in air.
The deputy commissioner, M R Thakur, later consulted the director, Health Services, after which a team of doctors from Pulwama conducted the post mortem. Its report was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory. The bodies were later handed over to the family and laid to rest late in the evening.
While the protests refused to subside, authorities clamped curfew in the district.
The senior superintendent of police, Javaid Iqbal Matto, said the medical report had been sent to the FSL to ascertain the cause of death.
Asked whether the deceased were raped before being murdered, he said, “Right now we can only say that it is a case of mysterious death. The report will come by Monday,” he said.
About the alleged involvement of the armed forces in the incident, the SSP said, “We can’t rule it out. Every angle will be investigated.”
Police said that it has launched inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC.
P.S:- Pray for their soul,may they rest in heaven"Ameen"
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