All 13 chargesheeted in Shopian case granted bail in Kashmir

All the 13 people, including doctors and lawyers, who were chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Shopian double rape and murder case, were granted bail by a local court here today.

Hearing the case, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Srinagar, granted bail to all the accused on a surety of Rs 10,000 each.

The next date of hearing has been fixed for April 17.

The CBI in its chargesheet has alleged that the accused, including former public prosecutor in the Shopian case, had threatened and forced the witnesses to make false statement against the police.

It said doctors were accused of having fudged the reports in the case.

People of the area alleged that both the women Neelofar and Asiya were murdered after their rape.

However, the CBI in its report has said that the women had died due to drowning in the river.

The recovery of bodies had evoked massive protests in the Kashmir valley for about a week. However, Shopian observed about 45 day-strike which was called off following assurance by Justice Gosh that culprits would not be spared.