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| No formal request for Major Avtar's extradition? | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Apr 6: More than a month has passed since Major Avtar was taken into custody in US for a domestic dispute but the state government has failed to impress upon the government of India to seek erring Major's extradition.
The Major was arrested by the US police for a domestic dispute last month. His wife filed the complaint and also told the police that Major was wanted for a case of murder in India. His arrest was perceived as a victory by Jaleel's relatives and friends. Newspaper reports suggested that the Jammu Kashmir police had sent a team to New Delhi to impress upon the government of India to seek Major's extradition. However, informed sources revealed that no team had been sent to Delhi. "The state government did not even call the concerned in New Delhi", they said.
The inaction of the state government evoked severe response in Kashmir. The government issued a statement stating that papers for Major's extradition had been prepared. While the government was feeding lies to the people, a video showing Major Avtar's release and his answers to local journalists was widely circulated. The video shows the police chief of the town talking to some senior official of the US State Department. The officer tells the police chief that Major Avtar Singh was on the US Radar but cannot be extradited as New Delhi had not made any formal request for his extradition.
The video also shows the Major refuting `allegations' of killing noted lawyer and human rights defender Jaleel Andrabi. The video is actually a news report aired by a local US television channel. "The Islamists want to kill me", he yells at the scribes. .
The State Government, according to the Chief Patron of Association of Parents of Disappeared persons (APDP), is under a legal and constitutional obligation to try for Avtaar's extradition. "The government has filed a case of murder against him. He has to be brought to justice", he said.
Jaleel Andrabi was taken into custody by troops led by Avtaar Singh on March 8 near his Peer Bagh residence in Srinagar. His whereabouts were not disclosed and on March 27 his body was fished out from Jehlum. |
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