Budgam, March 18: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Budgam on Saturday have directed Senior Superintendent of Police Budgam to lodge FIR against the those persons who have uploaded and circulated the pictures and videos of the Soibugh victim who was brutally murdered at central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority Budgam in order said that it has been observed that the media and general public have been circulating the videos of the victim of Soibugh Budgam who was murdered brutally.
“Moreover, the pictures of the victim and the videos of her autopsy have also been uploaded and circulated by a number of persons, thereby violating the right to privacy of the victim and her family,” order said.
It said such actions of the persons and agencies are against law wherein the identity of the victim is revealed and even her private videos have been uploaded and circulated including the video of the autopsy of the deceased victim , which is punishable under law.
” As such , the media and general public is informed through the medium of this order to stop revealing the identity of victim and also circulating her pictures immediately , failing which, the violators shall be booked under law,” order said
Furthermore, SSP Budgam was directed to lodge FIR against the persons who have uploaded and circulated the pictures and videos of the victim .
“Special Mobile magistrate Budgam is requested to direct the concerned Social Media agencies to remove the pictures and videos of the victim from all social media platforms and also block the accounts of such violators,” order reads.
Forensic team visits crime scene
A high level team from the Directorate of Forensic Science Jammu and Kashmir (JKFSL) on Saturday visited the scene crime spot to collect the pieces of evidence in a murder of 30 year-old-lady from Check Soibugh village int central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
A police official said that the action was taken in close collaboration with the SSP, Budgam while the DSP Headquarters Budgam and SHO Budgam assisted the team in their work. The team visited the crime scene to assess the crime location and make a thorough investigation.
