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| Engineer’s wife hired Ikhwanis as contract killers Investigation reveals how young wife planned to eliminate old husband | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Feb 19: As exclusively reported in Early Times in its
February 17th issue, counter-insurgent Ikhwanis, linked to different
military formation in Baramulla district, have surfaced as contract
killers engaged by a young woman to eliminate her engineer husband
double her age. This mother of four children, now in Police custody,
happens to be a close relative of once Hizbul Mujahideen’s “Chief
Commander of Operations” Abdul Majeed Dar who was killed on March 23,
2003, by suspected militants at his Sopore residence subsequent to his
ceasefire initiative with the security forces and high profile
dialogue process with Government of India in July 2000.
SSP Baramulla, Dr Haseeb Mughal, today disclosed to media that the
February 15th shootout at Durhama, Kreeri, was the result of a plot
hatched up by Haseena Badroo, younger sister of Dr Shameema Badroo
(wife of Hizbul Mujahideen’s founder-member and top commander Abdul
Majeed Dar), with a number of counter-insurgent Ikhwanis. He said that
Police had solved the mystery of the firing, in which two girls
sustained injuries, within record time of 72 hours. He said that the
weapon of assault had been seized and all but one characters of the
failed murder plot arrested.
Late in the evening on February 15th, unidentified gunmen had fired
two pistol shots from a window pane when Haseena’s husband, Ghulam
Mohiuddin Akhoon, an assistant engineer in R&B Division Kupwara, was
present at his Durhama house alongwith his sister and some other
relatives. Akhoon’s 19-year-old sister, Shaista, and 8-year-old niece,
Monisa D/o Manzoor Ahmed Khan of Achhabal Sopore, had sustained minor
injuries in the shootout. Kreeri Police Station registered a matter of
attempted murder and launched investigation.
During investigation it surfaced that in 1995, 20-year-old Hasina had
been married to Akhoon, who was double her age. She was the youngest
among eight sisters. Three of them happened to be doctors as one
settled in Saudi Arabia with her husband and another opted to become
Majeed Dar’s second wife. Because of being unemployed and married to a
middle aged conservative husband, Haseena developed inferiority
complex. Parallel to becoming mother of four children, including twin
daughters, over the years, she made several secretive attempts to
stabilize economically.
In 2001, she set up a boutique, named Zircon Design Den, at Iqbal
Market Sopore. As her engineer husband Akhoon learned about it, he
forced Haseena to shut it for good. Ambitious Haseena set up another
boutique in hometown Sopore in February 2010. Under her husband’s
pressure, he again sold off the business unit. This time bankrupt,
Haseena secretly disposed off two Kanals of her land at Khanday
Colony, Nowgam Bypass, Srinagar, to one Mohammad Ashraf Lone of
Baramulla through broker Ghulam Ahmed Hajam of Delina, Baramulla, who
paid her Rs 5 Lakh as advance. When Akhoon learned about it, she tried
to buy some time from the buyers. Broker Hajam objected to delay in
giving possession of the land and demanded either the money back in
double or immediate transfer of the title.
Failing to meet the broker’s demands, Haseena conspired with him to
eliminate her husband following which, she assured, that the land
would be transferred to the buyer. Hajam introduced her to released
militants and Ikhwanis who could help her to execute the task. Hajam
and Haseena unsuccessfully sought help from several camps of security
forces. Hajam, finally introduced Haseena to Nazir Ahmed Beigh @Jana
of Fatehpora, Baramulla. Once the deal settled, Jana received Supari
of Rs 50,000 and the target’s photograph from Haseena at her house in
Model Town, Sopore.
On taking the money, Nazir conspired with four of his associates,
namely Mohmad Shafi Rather of Fatehpora, Showkat Ahmed Khan of
Khanpora Baramulla, Bashir Ahmed of Fatehpora and Mohmad Iqbal Dar of
Kralhar, Baramulla.
On 27th of January 2011, this group in connivance with the lady made
an unsuccessful attempt on Akhoon’s life at Model Town, Sopore. Later
when Haseena demanded her money back, the aforesaid persons asked for
some more time. After the attempt the group remained constantly in
touch with the lady and the broker telephonically and planned for
another attack.
February 15th, at 8.30 p.m, Shafi, Showkat, Bashir, Nazir @Jana and
Iqbal went to Durhama to execute the task. They parked their Sumo at
Wagoora bus-stand and Nazir, Bashir and Showkat went to the house
where Akhoon had been living since last three weeks. Showkat fired
from two shots from his pistol from the window. Even as Akhoon escaped
unhurt, two young girls sustained minor injuries.
Haseena and her hired gunmen have been arrested and the pistol used in
the crime seized. SSP said that during interrogation, they revealed
details of the whole story which were duly corroborated with
evidences. He said that Showkat alone was absconding but efforts were
underway to arrest him too. He claimed that Showkat was a released
militant an overground worker of militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Toiba. He
revealed that call detail record of the key plotter, Haseena, and her
hired gunmen helped Police investigate and solve the mystery within
three days of occurrence despite some disturbance caused by stone
pelters at Baramulla as well as Kreeri.
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