STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE
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165 | Structures of Violence<br />
The family of Tariq Ahmed Lone gave a statement to<br />
the IPTK on 6 March 2012.<br />
Despite the passage of 22 years, no information exists<br />
on record on the status of investigations or<br />
prosecutions conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Police.<br />
Further, the state of absolute impunity is clear as the<br />
IPTK sought information on 10 January 2012 on all<br />
inquiries and Court-Martials conducted by the CRPF<br />
between 1990 and 2011 in Jammu and Kashmir but no<br />
information was provided.<br />
Further, the IPTK sought information on 10 January<br />
2012 on all cases of sanctions for prosecution under<br />
AFSPA relating to the Ministry of Home Affairs<br />
between 1990 and 2011 in Jammu and Kashmir. No<br />
information was provided.<br />
Case No. 11<br />
Victim Details<br />
Khursheed Ahmad Bhat [Torture and Enforced<br />
Disappearance]<br />
Age: 29<br />
Occupation: Shopkeeper<br />
Son of: Wali Mohammad Bhat, Fatima Begum<br />
Resident of: New Colony, Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
Alleged Perpetrators<br />
th<br />
1. Commandant Kripal Singh, 50 Battalion,<br />
Central Reserve Police Force [CRPF], Camp<br />
Jagger and Fruit Mandi Headquarters,<br />
Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
2. Deputy Superintendent of Police [DSP]<br />
Manmohan Sharma [Operational name: Moni<br />
th<br />
Singh], 50 Battalion, Central Reserve Police<br />
Force [CRPF], Camp Jagger and Fruit Mandi<br />
Headquarters, Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
3. Deputy Superintendent of Police [DSP] Lakha<br />
th<br />
Singh, 50 Battalion, Central Reserve Police<br />
Force [CRPF], Camp Jagger and Fruit Mandi<br />
Headquarters, Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
th<br />
4. Constable Gabbar Singh, 50 Battalion,<br />
Central Reserve Police Force [CRPF], Camp<br />
Jagger and Fruit Mandi Headquarters,<br />
Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
Assistant Sub-Inspector [ASI] Ram Chandre<br />
15<br />
[Operational name: Chaha] ,<br />
th<br />
1. 50 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force<br />
[CRPF], Camp Jagger and Fruit Mandi<br />
Headquarters, Sopore, Baramulla District<br />
Case Information<br />
The family of Khursheed Ahmad Bhat states that the<br />
th<br />
victim was picked up by the 50 Battalion CRPF on 25<br />
September 1990 at about 10:30 am from his shop. The<br />
CRPF was led by DSP Manmohan Sharma and DSP<br />
Lakha Singh. The family states that the victim was rst<br />
th<br />
taken to the 50 Battalion CRPF Headquarters at Fruit<br />
Mandi, Sopore and then to the Jageer Camp<br />
interrogation centre where he was tortured by ASI<br />
Ram Chandre, the head of the interrogation centre.<br />
Information regarding the shifting of the victim to<br />
Jageer Camp and then his torture was provided to the<br />
family by other persons. The family also believes that<br />
Commandant Kripal Singh and Constable Gabbar<br />
Singh were responsible for the torture of the victim.<br />
Despite various efforts by the family to trace the victim,<br />
he has disappeared.<br />
The family of Khursheed Ahmad Bhat gave a<br />
statement to the IPTK on 24 December 2012.<br />
First Information Report [FIR] no. 258/1990 u/s 345<br />
[Wrongful connement knowing that writ has been<br />
issued for his liberation], 365 [Kidnapping/Abducting<br />
with intent to secretly and wrongfully conne] Ranbir<br />
Penal Code, 1989 [RPC] was led at the Sopore<br />
16<br />
Police Station . The 9 May 2012 communication<br />
from the Jammu and Kashmir provided information<br />
that the case was closed by declaring the<br />
perpetrators as untraced. By communication dated 9<br />
January 2014 it was stated that the case was closed<br />
on 6 November 2003. By further communication<br />
dated 9 July 2012, a document was provided that<br />
states that sanction for prosecution was declined<br />
under Section 197 (2) [Prosecution of Judge and<br />
Civil servants] Criminal Procedure Code, 1989<br />
(CrPC) by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 6 August<br />
2002.<br />
The family of the victim also led a petition before the<br />
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.<br />
Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, provided ex-gratia<br />
government relief of Rs. 1,00,000 to the family of the<br />
victim.<br />
On 27 October 2011, the State Human Rights<br />
Commission [SHRC], having taken suo moto<br />
cognizance of the case, recommended that the<br />
sanction for prosecution under the Armed Forces<br />
(Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990<br />
[AFSPA] be accorded, and compassionate<br />
employment under SRO-43 [Statutory Rules and<br />
Orders] be provided to the family of the victim.<br />
The family of the victim has not received the<br />
compassionate employment under SRO-43. Further,<br />
while the SHRC in its decision noted that sanction for<br />
15 The names of the alleged perpetrators are spelt as per the SHRC decision of 27 October 2011. The family of the victim, while mentioning<br />
the same names, and titles, provides slightly different spellings of the names.<br />
16 Information on this FIR was sought through the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 [RTI] on 7 October 2011. By<br />
communication dated 9 May 2012 from the Jammu and Kashmir Police a copy of the FIR was provided. Further information sought<br />
through RTI on 15 October 2013. By communication dated 9 January 2014 a copy of the FIR was once again provided. Further<br />
information sought through RTI dated 14 November 2014.