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| Government declares 2305 persons as disappeared | | Yet another contradiction | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 8: The State Government today issued yet another contradictory statement on enforced disappearances in Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to a question of CPI(M) MLA, Yusuf Tarigami, the Chief Minister who also heads the Home Ministry informed the Legislative Assembly that 2305 persons had been declared disappeared since 1990.
Omar Abdullah repeatedly took Mufti Sayeed to task for his Government's record on human rights. Addressing a press conference on May 2, 2008 Omar Abdullah said 4000 Kashmiris were subjected to enforced disappearance by the State since 1990.
The process of issuing statements on custodial disappearances started in July 2002. Former Home Minister, Khalid Najeeb Soharwardy issued a statement on July 18,2002. He admitted 3184 custodial disappearances since 1989.
Another statement was issued by the former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on February 25,2003. "During 2000, 1553 persons disappeared in the State, 1586 in 2001 and 605 in 2002", he informed the Assembly.
This was followed by former Law Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Beig's statement on March 25, 2003. He told the Assembly that 3744 persons had disappeared out of whom 135 had been declared dead up to June 2002.
On June 11, 2002, Mufti Sayeed had said that 3744 persons were reported missing from 1990 till December 31, 2002. The tragedy of contradictions did not end here. In yet another statement, the Minister of State for Home, Abdul Rehman Veeri stated on June 21, 2003 that 3931 persons had been reported missing since 1989 to June 2003.
When Ghulam Nabi Azad took over as Chief Minister, he informed the Legislative Assembly during zero hour in March 2006 that 693 cases of custodial disappearances had been registered. His Deputy, Muzaffar Hussain Beig informed the Assembly on August 1, 2006 that 60 persons had disappeared during National Conference rule. On August 4, 2006 Azad told the legislators that 33 custodial disappearances had taken place since 1990-1996. On the next day (August 5) he said 60 persons were subjected to custodial disappearance since 1995-2006.
These contradictory statements reflect that the Government has been desperately trying to conceal the truth. In response to a list issued by PDP a few years ago, the police said that most of the persons in the list had crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir to seek arms training. This myth also stands exploded. Around 117 persons have availed the Amnesty Package of the Union Home Ministry till date. They have returned from Pakistan but not a single person believed to be disappeared has come back. |
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