CBI submits report on exhumation of bodies to court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday fixed 14th December as the next date of hearing in the alleged double rape and murder of two women at Shopian after the CBI submitted a report on exhumation of the victims' bodies to the court and sought reasonable time to complete its probe into the case.

While posting the matter for 14^th December, the division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Barin Gosh and Justice Mohammad Yaqub Bhat said it should not be deemed as granting more time to CBI to complete the investigations and observed that both the court and the people of the state wanted the agency to expedite probe into the case.

The CBI, which had exhumed the bodies of the two victims on 28th September after obtaining permission from their family, submitted its report to the court on Tuesday in a sealed envelope as was directed by the court on 30^th August.

Seeking reasonable time to complete investigations into the case, CBI counsel Anil Bhan said that since the report from forensic laboratory is awaited, it will take the probe agency some time to conclude its investigations.

Later the division bench fixed 14^th December as the next date of hearing in the case.

The Chief Justice also directed the CBI to file a chargesheet before an appropriate court after completing its probe in the case.