Govt admits police hand in Shopian case

SRINAGAR, JULY 10
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday admitted that the police had a hand in the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in May. 
The report, which was submitted to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on July 8 by Justice (retired) Muzzafar Jan, was vetted by the State Law Department before taking the decision.
Kashmir Valley has been seething after a 17-year-old girl and her 22-year-old sister-in-law were found dead in a stream on May 30 in Shopian. The police and the State government first said the women had drowned.
The four suspended police officers in connection with the case will be treated as accused and interrogated by the Special Investigating Team set up by the state government.