Shopian case: Doc sent fictitious slides for forensic lab,CBI

In a new twist to the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian,a doctor who prepared the vaginal slides of the victims has told the CBI that no samples from the duo had ever been taken.

The doctor,who was a part of the second postmortem team from Pulwama district hospital,was questioned by the CBI team camping here during which she told the investigators that no vaginal swab was ever taken of the two victims Neelofar (22) and Aasiya (17),official sources said.

The doctor broke down during the questioning and narrated the entire sequence of events to the CBI officials,the sources said.

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The sources claimed that the doctor had taken samples from gloves used in the gynaecological ward of the district hospital and prepared a slide which showed presence of semen.

The CBI conducted searches at the hospital late last night and seized various pairs of gloves and records available at the hospital,they said.

While the CBI was officially tightlipped about the case,sources said the lady doctor informed the CBI that she had done this as public pressure was mounting.

The CBI team which searched the hospital last night was accompanied by the doctor,they said.

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The exhumation of bodies was expected to be undertaken tomorrow and the family members had also given permission for the same.

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