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| Slow pace of justice in killings by terrorists | | | | A report compiled by the J&K police, for the first time since the eruption of militancy in the state, makes some startling revelations about the slow pace of accountability for killings of the innocent during last 20 years. The report states that in all 209 Kashmiri Pandits got killed since 1989 but the charge sheets have been filed only in 24 cases, while killers in 150 cases remained unidentified or untraced. Out of 209 Kashmiri Pandits killed by the terrorists cases of killings have been registered at the police station in the valley only in 140 cases. The police has booked 31 local militants for the killings in 24 cases in which the charge sheets have been filed. It is only in respect of one case of killing of H N Wanchoo, a trade unionist and right activist that the killer has been convicted, whereas in no other case anyone involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandits has so far been convicted. In fact the investigations in the killings of innocents in Kashmir, whether the victims were Kashmiri Pandits, other Hindus or Muslims, the process of investigation and booking the culprits has been very slow. Many of those who were also booked on charge of killing the innocents have since been let out on bail. It is only in the case of the killing of retired judge Neel Kanth Ganju who was killed on November 1 1989, believed to be the first victim of reprisal at the hands of the militants, for his delivering the judgement in the case of Maqbool Bhatt and awarding him death penalty, the investigation of which have been handed over to the CBI. He killings of many other political stalwarts, including of Tika Lal Taploo, Pren Nath Bhatt, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, Maulana Masoodi, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Nisar and lately of Abdul Gani Lone and then MoS Home Ghulam Nabi Lone and innumerable others, no break through has been made by the police so far. All this reflects badly on the law enforcing agencies and the justice system. Leaving aside a few cases, none has been brought to justice so far. So much so that the Chairman of JKLF, Yaseen Malik, who is charged of master minding and being actively involved in the killing of four Indian Air Force officers at Lal Chowk Srinagar in 1989 and also master minding the kidnapping of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter, Rubiya Sayeed, in exchange for whose release from her captors, some hardcore terrorists were released by the state, has not yet been brought to justice. The legal proceeding in the case are going on at snail's pace, while the accused is out on bail and is indulging in anti India activities openly. So much so that the people have now almost forgotten about all these heinous crimes. This inordinate delay in justice is only shaking the faith of the people in the system. |
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