SRINAGAR: A division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to speed up the investigation in the sex scandal.

It also ordered that the next hearing will be in camera and the media has been directed to refrain from highlighting any unverified name or fact relating to the case.

Hearing the case in a jam-packed court room, Justice Hakim Imtiaz Hussain and Justice Bashir Ahmed Kirmani said the case diaries and the statement of a victim maintain that the girl has revealed certain names out of whom only a few have been interrogated so far. "We may impress upon the agency that the delay in the matter is likely to defeat the investigation," the bench said in the order. It also directed the CBI to complete the identification of all persons named by the victim by the next hearing.

The court also directed that for smooth and effective investigation, the CBI shall be at liberty to conduct custodial interrogation of any among them before or after the identification. The bench asked the CBI to complete the statement of the alleged kingpin, Sabeena. The agency is also free to proceed against any person failing or refusing to report for identification and interrogation. before them. The agency, the court said, shall make inquiries at hotels and guest houses and record statements of other girls named by the victim and the kingpin. The court also restrained any person from meeting the victim including her parents till the investigation is complete.

The bench specifically directed the CBI to complete the investigation regarding a BSF officer named by the victim Yasmeena against whom certain material facts are reported to have come on record.

The next hearing has been fixed for June 2.

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