Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: Worries ahead for jailed the chairman of the proscribed terror outfit Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik as one of the eye-witnessed who appeared today was ready to identify those who were involved in the killings of four unarmed Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in 1990.
Although the Court deferred the identification by eyewitnesses of this case, Yasin Malik is likely to be convicted in the killing of unarmed IAF personnel.
CBI chief prosecutor Monika said that the identification was deferred due to the non-availability of some of the accused in the court here even as one of the two eye-witnesses who turned up for cross-examination expressed readiness to identify them.
Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail, was present through video conferencing during the hearing of the much-publicised case.
Four Indian Air Force (IAF) personnelwere killed in a terror attack on January 25, 1990, in which JKLF chief Yasin Malik was involved.
The charges were brought against Malik and six others on March 16, 2020, in the killing of four IAF personnel on the outskirts of Srinagar on January 25, 1990.
Besides Malik, others accused charged in the killing of IAF personnel are Ali Mohammed Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Sofi alias Mustafa, Javed Ahmed Mir alias 'Nalka', Showkat Ahmed Bakshi, Javed Ahmed Zargar, and Nanaji.
After a three-decade trial in both the cases was resumed on September 11, 2019, this year.
On March 7, 2019, Malik was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and was brought to Jammu from Srinagar and was shifted to Kot Bhawal Jail.
After booking Malik under PSA, his organization JKLF was banned by the Centre under anti-terror law. Within days after banning his organization, Malik was shifted from Jammu to Tihar Jail.
Malik was charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the TADA court in Jammu on August 31, 1990, in connection with the case.
April 26, 2019, J&K High Court rejected two petitions of Yasin Malik to shift cases registered him from TADA Court Jammu to TADA Court Srinagar.
The TADA had allowed the appearance of Yasin Malik through video conferencing as Tihar Jail authorities had refused to present Malik in person due to instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) court already convicted separatist leader and chairman of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
The special NIA court found Malik, already lodged in Tihar jail, guilty of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. |
