**Two Kashmiri women whose deaths sparked protests were not raped or murdered, Indian investigators have concluded.**The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the high court in Indian-administered Kashmir that the women drowned in a canal.
The CBI took over the case in the summer after state authorities admitted the women had been raped and murdered.
The discovery of the bodies led to weeks of violent protests by locals who blamed security forces for the deaths.
The bodies of the women were exhumed in September by the CBI in a fresh attempt to determine what happened to them.
The move followed allegations that DNA samples taken from the bodies of Neelofar Jan, 22, and her 17-year-old sister-in-law, Ayesha, had been tampered with.