The government of J&K has terminated Dr Bilal Ahmad Dalal and Dr Nighat Shaheen Chilloo from the service for actively working with Pakistan and hatching a conspiracy with its assets within Kashmir to falisfy post-mortem report of Asiya and Neelofar of Shopian, who had unfortunately died by accidental drowning on 29th May 2009. The ultimate aim of the duo was to create disaffection against the Indian state by falsely accusing the security forces of rape and murder. The government has invoked 311 (2) (c) of the Constitution of India to sack the two doctors after investigation clearly established that Dr. Bilal and Dr Nighat acted on behalf of Pakistan ISI and the terror outfits. The investigation, according to sources, reveals that top echelon of the then government knew about the facts, which was conveniently buried, while Kashmir burnt.
Sources said, after the Shopian conspiracy, Kashmir valley was in flame for 7 months. The seven months of June-December 2009 witnessed 42 strike calls floated by groups like Hurriyat, which resulted in widespread rioting in the valley. Around 600 minor and major law and order incidents were reported from all the districts of the valley, the impact of which lasted till the next year. A total of 251 FIRs were registered in different police stations for rioting, stone pelting, arson etc. 07 civilians lost their lives and 103 were injured during these protests. Additionally, 29 police personnel and 06 paramilitary personnel suffered injuries. As per estimate, Rs 6000 crores worth of business was lost in those 7 months.
Sources said, Dr. Nighat Shaheen Chiloo, who is working as a Consultant Gynaecologist and currently posted at Sub-District Hospital, Govt Health Dept, Chadoora, Budgam and Dr. Bilal Ahmad Dalal working as a Medical Officer and is currently posted at NTPHC, Govt Health Dept Takiya Imam, Shopian, were found to be a key players in hatching the conspiracy against Indian State on behalf of Pakistan and Terrorist Outfits. The Shopian episode has emerged to be a classic textbook case study of how Pakistan and its proxies in J&K mobilized their deep assets within several societal and governmental institutions to fabricate a completely false story, give credence to the falsehood by creating false evidence including a totally bogus post-mortem, going to the extent of replacing biological samples to falsely implicate completely innocent police officers and thereby subvert and obstruct the justice system of a proportion that is unprecedented in the annals of criminal justice system.
“ Dr. Nighat, Dr Bilal and many others were the lynchpin of this subversion and obstruction of justice. In Shopian case they acted on behalf of Pakistan and terrorist groups to create unrest in the Valley,” Sources said.
A Brief About Shopian Case & The Conspiracy
Asiya and Neelofar of Bongam, Shopian had gone to their apple orchard across the rivulet Rambiara in the afternoon of 29th May 2009. While returning home in the evening hours, they slipped while crossing the rivulet and unfortunately died by drowning. The dead bodies were found early in the morning next day, a little ahead downstream. The bodies were recovered by the family members. Assisted by local police the bodies were taken by the family members to their home. Since the deceased were young and did not die of known illness, the local police initiated inquest proceedings (under section 174 CrPC). By the time the bodies reached the sub district hospital in Shopian, the terrorist-separatist networks had smelled an opportunity to hijack the episode and use it as a major tool for creating a vicious cycle of arson-rioting-street violence, resulting in a sizable number of civilians getting killed or injured in the process of maintaining law and order, which in turn adding to more anger, more rioting, more force to control it, more deaths and more injuries.
Dr. Nighat, Dr Bilal and other accused hatched a conspiracy to falsify the post-mortem reports of the two victims. Not one but four different post-mortems were prepared each full of intra and inter inconsistency and contradictions by the doctors. Things that did not exist in the unfortunate accident were artificially added. Things that existed were deliberately omitted. Moreover, biological samples belonging to unknown persons (not of the deceased) were fraudulently obtained and placed on record. Four police officers including a District SP were arrested during the initial investigation and put in jail. However, the CBI investigation revealed that they were falsely implicated.
Sources said the CBI did a fantastic job but the justice remained elusive because the local CBI counsel was threatened by the terror outfits and their assets not to pursue the case.
“Tens of hundreds of news and op-ed stories came to be published in local, national and international media vilifying the Indian State for encouraging rape murder and mayhem in Kashmir using its security forces and later hushing it up. The effects of these write-ups have been devastating. Hundreds of youngsters expressed their desire to join terrorism to avenge the dishonour of the women. Immediately after the local setup of terror network in Shopian twisted the drowning incident as rape and murder, the next layer of terror entities based in Srinagar took over the reins of campaign. HCBA led by Mian Qayoom Srinagar filed a PIL. HCBA has always maintained that it doesnt believe in Indian Constitution. PIL filed by Mian Qayoom led group of lawyers calling themselves as HCBA was a part of the mobilization of resources by the Pakistan ISI and terror outfits,” Sources said.
CBI INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE TRUTH & LARGER CONSPIRACY
After CBI’s painstaking investigation had revealed that Asiya and Neelofer were not raped and died due to drowning and that Doctors were part of the conspiracy to forge the evidence to paint it as a rape and murder, Mian Qayoom’s Bar association asked Pakistan to take up the ‘Shopain rape issue’ with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague. He alleged that the Government of India had failed to deliver justice. 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.
Sources also said that due to efficient and speedy CBI investigation amidst extremely difficult and hostile conditions which found out the truth backed by compelling evidence that the two women died because of drowning and there was no rape and murder. The CBI investigation also exposed the devious and diabolical role of specific lawyers, doctors and others who subverted and obstructed the justice. The CBI’s findings played a crucial role in bringing down the street violence and also in pushing back the false narrative.
However, the terror ecosystem delayed the framing of the charges by the trial court by filing a petition for quashment of charge-sheet in the High Court through two of the accused advocates (advocate Altaf Mohand and advocate Sheikh Mubarakh) and ensuring that the CBI counsel does not appear to defend the CBI.
Sources said perusal of available records have revealed very disturbing facts: prima facie it appears that the CBI’s local counsel repeatedly failed to appear and represent the CBI’s case in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir resulting in an adverse order that had grave national security implications. Out of 40 ‘hearings’, he appeared only on 06 hearings, perhaps because he was threatened by the terror ecosystem ruling the roost prior to August 2019.
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.
It has been further revealed that departmental probe against the doctors for hatching the biggest crime was also sabotaged by the elements in power at that time.
