Srinagar, June 22: In a shocking revelation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered evidence pointing towards the obstruction of justice in the infamous Shopian case.
The investigation has exposed the involvement of specific lawyers and elements within the terror ecosystem who allegedly conspired to impede the course of justice.
Official sources said the absence of proper legal representation and delayed framing of charges have been identified as key factors that hindered the pursuit of justice in the case.
Sources further said that the absence of the CBI's local counsel went unnoticed and unaddressed for a shocking period of around 8 years and 3 months.
"The local CBI counsel absence facilitated in saving the 13 accused (06 doctors, 05 lawyers and 02 civilians) especially Dr. Nighat from being tried for creating false evidence such as bogus post-mortems, maliciously obtaining biological samples of body fluids (vaginal swabs and spermatozoa) of unknown persons and fraudulently placing it as to be of deceased women, criminally intimidating persons to give false evidence and all of these to falsely implicate security force/police personnel for rape and murder which never happened," Sources said.
After CBI debunking rape theory, investigation revealed that advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom’s Bar association asked Pakistan to take up the ‘Shopain rape issue’ with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague.
Official sources said Mian Qayoom alleged that the Government of India had failed to deliver justice while his General Secretary G.N Shaheen said, Pakistan was under obligation to take up the issue as ‘it is a party to the Kashmir dispute.
"It was premeditated on the part of Pakistan proxy Mian Qayoom and his associates and it is also evident from a series of public press conferences and street protests, he and his associates immediately organized, rejecting the CBI findings. The point is: he was least interested in truth, rule of law, due process of law if it was not his version," Sources said.
