Two J-Ok docs dismissed for fabricating proof in 2009 ‘Shopian rape-murder’ case

By PTI

SRI NAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday terminated companies of two docs for allegedly “actively working” with Pakistan-based teams and fabricating proof within the 2009 “Shopian rape-murder” case, officers right here stated.

Two ladies, Asiya Jan and Neelofar, had been discovered useless in a stream in Shopian on May 30, 2009, resulting in allegations that they had been raped and murdered by safety personnel.

The incident sparked protests in Kashmir and introduced it to a close to standstill for 42 days.

Later, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the probe and located that the 2 ladies had been by no means raped or murdered.

The two docs, Dr Bilal Ahmad Dalal and Dr Nighat Shaheen Chilloo, stand dismissed from service for “actively working” with Pakistan and hatching a conspiracy with its property inside Kashmir to falsify the autopsy report of Asiya Jan and Neelofar of Shopian, who had sadly died on account of unintentional drowning on May 29, 2009, the officers stated.

The final goal of the 2 docs was to create disaffection towards the Indian state by falsely accusing the safety forces of rape and homicide, they stated.

The two have been charge-sheeted by the CBI for fabricating proof and twisting the unintentional deaths on account of drowning as rape and homicide.

Dalal was the primary physician to conduct an post-mortem of the our bodies, whereas Chilloo was part of the second crew of docs that performed autopsy examination, the officers stated.

In a gross violation of medical ethics, Chilloo took her personal vaginal swab and projected it to be of Asiya Jan, who she had claimed was raped and murdered, they stated.

However, an AIIMS forensic crew comprising Dr T D Dogra and Dr Anupama Raina obtained the our bodies exhumed and located that Asiya Jan’s hymen was intact. The identical stories had been a part of the CBI cost sheet, they stated.

In December 2009, the CBI concluded that the 2 ladies had been neither raped nor murdered.

The CBI filed a cost sheet towards six docs, 5 legal professionals and two civilians, together with the brother of one of many deceased ladies, for fabricating proof.

Five police officers had been arrested in reference to the case and the next protests. Two senior police officers had been additionally transferred.

The 66-page CBI report absolved the policemen, who had been detained in reference to the case for round 47 days and towards whom a state-appointed judicial fee had levelled costs of destruction of proof, of all the fees.

The CBI report accused the 13 individuals of hatching a legal conspiracy to stir public anger towards the safety forces.

Since neither rape nor homicide happened, the CBI report concluded that there was no case.

It stated the legal professionals had hatched a conspiracy and compelled two individuals to grow to be witnesses.

The CBI report gave an in depth account of how the 2 had been compelled by the legal professionals and a few of the members of the family of Shakeel Ahanger, the husband of one of many deceased ladies.

The company additionally rejected the idea of the Majlis-s-Maashwarat, an amalgam of separatist teams that spearheaded the agitation in Shopian, that the 2 ladies had been kidnapped, raped and murdered after they had gone to their orchard on May 29, 2009.

According to the CBI, the 2 ladies drowned whereas attempting to cross the river.

AIIMS’ docs who performed autopsy examination on the exhumed our bodies discovered the identical diatoms (algae) within the lungs of two ladies that exist within the space the place the our bodies had been discovered.

The CBI probe discovered that each groups of docs lied within the autopsy stories.

The first crew of docs stated Asiya Jan died on account of cardiovascular arrest and Neelofar died on account of neurogenic shock.

The second crew of docs from Pulwama claimed Asiya Jan was sexually assaulted and died on account of haemorrhage and shock attributable to bleeding from a number of accidents.

Neelofar, the crew had claimed, died on account of neurogenic shock following sexual activity.

The CBI report quoted the medical opinion of AIIMS docs who conclusively acknowledged that the deaths happened “due to asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem drowning”.

It stated the lacerated wound on Asiya Jan’s brow was not adequate to trigger demise.

Two ladies, Asiya Jan and Neelofar, had been discovered useless in a stream in Shopian on May 30, 2009, resulting in allegations that they had been raped and murdered by safety personnel.

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