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Shopian agitators seek arrest of police officers

SRINAGAR: Majlis-e-Mushawarat Shopian, spearheading the agitation over the alleged rape and murder of two women, has demanded the immediate arrest of the five suspended police officers and the doctors who conducted the autopsy before the bodies were exhumed on the directive of the High Court.

Majlis spokesman Mohammad Shafi Khan told a press conference here that the strike, which entered the 40th day on Tuesday, would continue till the culprits were punished. All the details of the case were with these officials, who he said were under pressure to cover it up. Their arrest and interrogation would help uncover the truth. If exhumation was felt necessary even after their arrest, his organisation would not object to it.

Mr. Khan alleged that despite the High Court’s orders, the IGP and the DIG did not involve themselves in the investigation. This pointed to the government’s intentions.

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