Sex racket: JK HC reserves judgement for Jul 17

Srinagar, July 14: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today reserved the judgement in the sex racket case for Monday.

A division bench, comprising Justice Bashir Ahmed Kirmani and Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain, which is monitoring the CBI investigations into the flesh trade scandal, asked the agency to submit all case diaries and statements recorded so far to the court for its perusal either on Saturday morning or Monday evening.

Meanwhile, the Editor and the Publisher of ''Daily Tameeli Irshad'' also submitted a written reply to the court for publishing an ''unconfirmed'' report in the newspaper on July 4.

Supreme Court lawyer Shabnam Lone pleaded the case on behalf of the ''Daily Tameeli Irshad'' Editor and Publisher.

The CBI has so far arrested several top politicians, civil, police and paramilitary officials in connection with the case.

Among the arrested are former Jammu and Kashmir ministers and sitting legislators Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Raman Mattoo, Principal Secretary in the Planning and Development Department Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, sacked state Additional Advocate General Anil Sethi, BSF DIG K C Padhi, Jammu and Kashmir Police DSP Mohammad Ashraf Mir, J&K Police Counter-Insurgency Kashmir (CIK) wing DSP Mohammad Yousuf Mir and Naaz Hotel manager Riyaz Kawa.

UNI