[Reader-list] Shopian Rape - A family Fued

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

One would anyday trust a report by PTI and The Times of India or The Hindu
rather than a report by local separatist run newspaper The Rising Kashmir
which has obvious bias and planted news.

Period

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:40 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:

> Jan Comn disowns part of report
> http://www.risingkashmir.com/?option=com_content&task=view&id=14798
>  Says Kashmir Police insisted to add Shakeel’s profile
> *Ishfaq Mir
> Srinagar, July 11: *The Justice (Retired) Jan Commission, which submitted
> its final report on rape and murder of two women in Shopian to government
> Saturday denied making any recommendations against the family members of
> the
> victims.
> The Commission said it has been wrongly interpreted and report about
> deceased Neelofer’s husband Shakeel Ahmad Ahanger is not from the
> Commission
> itself. “The impression about the two families especially Shakeel Ahmad
> Ahanger given in the print and electronic media attributing the remarks to
> the Commission is not correct,” clarified Secretary Justice Jan Commission,
> Mukhtar Ahmad Wani.
> He said, “In the entire report no observation has been made against any
> member of the victim families by the Commission. Nothing has been said
> about
> any family members. This was not the point of reference for the Commission,
> so why should the Commission do it”.
> While clarifying he said, “The suspicions were projected before the
> Commission by the police investigating team. But they were not even
> considered or acted upon by the Commission and have been wrongly attributed
> as observations of the Commission”.
> He said police investigation had traced the details of at least 5000 calls
> and recorded the statements of more than 30 witnesses. So they wanted the
> investigation to be part of the report, but Commission refused to act upon
> it or even consider it. Later the police ‘findings’ were enclosed in the
> report but neither as part nor as recommendation.
> “The government passed the entire information of the report to the media
> persons, causing confusion,” added Wani.
> Meanwhile, the Commission has taken up the matter with the government and
> sought its clarification.
>
> EOM
>
>
> On 7/12/09, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=96212f27-b2ee-4e19-b92a-f773c3ec6be9&Headline='Shopian+report+character+assassination<http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=96212f27-b2ee-4e19-b92a-f773c3ec6be9&Headline=%27Shopian+report+character+assassination>
> '
> >
> > The relatives of the two women found raped and murdered in Kashmir's
> > Shopian town have rejected the judicial commission report which, while
> > indicting local police officials for destruction of evidence, also sought
> > investigation of the role of some family members.
> >
> > Relatives of Nilofar Jan, 22, and her sister-in-law Asiya Jan, 17, termed
> > the one-man Justice (retired) Muzaffar Jan commission report -- released
> to
> > public Friday -- as "character assassination" for seeking a thorough
> > investigation into the character and possible involvement of Nilofar's
> > husband and brother-in-law in the incident.
> >
> > The relatives of the victims have also threatened to proceed against
> > Justice Jan.
> >
> > The Shopian agitation committee, formed in the wake of the crime, has
> also
> > rejected the probe findings, terming it as "a cover up operation".
> >
> > Meanwhile, the Kashmir Bar Association has termed the Justice Jan
> > commission's report as a "kitchen report".
> >
> > In a statement, local bar association president Mian Qayoom said the
> > commission had commented on the character of the relatives of the victims
> > which was not included in the commission's terms of reference.
> >
> > "It has not identified the culprits," he said.
> >
> >
> > On 7/12/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I hope that all those in this group who pointedly blamed security
> >> forces need to hang their head in shame.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Doubting the character of Neelofer, Justice Jan said she had
> >> ‘‘developed contacts'' at an orchard in Nagabal, Shopian. ‘‘The
> >> examination of the witnesses has suggested that Neelofer, Roomi and
> >> Asyia Jan were frequent visitors to an orchard at Nagabal. During her
> >> visits in the last few months, Neelofar might have developed relations
> >> with other persons and Shakeel might have come to know about her
> >> relations,'' the report said. "
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India-Shopian-rape-murders-a-family-feud/articleshow/4768680.cms
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