Srinagar ex-DSP acquitted in 2006 sex scandal case

Srinagar | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Summary:

Chandigarh: The CBI special court in Chandigarh on Tuesday acquitted former Srinagar DSP Mohammad Yusuf Mir in the infamous Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal case. The J&K governor had eventually rejected his resignation.The 2006 scandal had hit headlines after the J&K police discovered two video CDs showing Kashmiri women being sexually exploited. The FIR claimed Mir was one of the customers of Sabeena's residence-cum-brothel in Srinagar. The court declared her hostile and acquitted Mir on Tuesday.Interestingly, name of then J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah had also surfaced in the case, which led to him resigning from the post in July 2009. However, the victim turned hostile in court and did not support the prosecution's case..