Former DIG KC Pahdi at the Chandigarh district court. (Source: Express photo by Jagpreet Singh Sandhu)
AFTER A 12-year trial, the special CBI court in Chandigarh on Wednesday held five persons — including former BSF DIG K C Padhi and former Jammu and Kashmir Police DSP Mohammad Ashraf Mir — guilty in the 2006 Srinagar sex abuse scandal.
Besides Padhi and Mir, Additional District and Sessions Judge Gagan Geet Kaur held Shabbir Ahmad Laway, Shabbir Ahmad Langoo and Masood Ahmad guilty under Section 376 (rape) of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). While Padhi lives in New Delhi, all the others are Srinagar residents.
The convicted persons, who were out on bail, were immediately taken into custody and sent to Burail jail. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on June 4.
The court acquitted two persons — former J&K Additional Advocate General Anil Sethi and businessman Mehrajuddin Malik — giving them the “benefit of doubt”.
Another two prime accused in the case, Sabeena and her husband Abdul Hamid Bullah, died during the trial.
Shabbir Ahmad Langoo, one of those convicted. (Express Photo)
The case was first registered on March 14, 2006, at the Shaheed Gunj police…
