STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE
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197 | Structures of Violence<br />
though Ghulam Rasool So was present along with<br />
the family inside the Police Station.<br />
Later, Ghulam Rasool So somehow came to know<br />
that Farooq and the other two boys of Soura were in<br />
Badami Bagh Cantonment. He informed the families of<br />
Javaid and Tariq. Consequently, Bashir Ahmad Bhat<br />
and Ghulam Nabi Rather procured permission slips to<br />
enter Badami Bagh, where there was a list of<br />
disappeared persons; the names of all three boys from<br />
Soura were mentioned there. But when the family,<br />
along with Bashir Ahmed Bhat and Ghulam Nabi<br />
Rather entered, army personnel denied their<br />
presence.<br />
Then the interviewee lodged an FIR in Soura Police<br />
Station again. His son Tariq Ahmad Shalbab followed<br />
the case and received Rs. 1 lakh as ex-gratia relief.<br />
They have not received a job appointment under SRO<br />
43. The case is in the Deputy Commissioners ofce<br />
currently. They said that the meeting to decide on the<br />
appointment would be held in September 2014.<br />
However, due to the oods, that didn't happen.The<br />
family visited the ofce 2-3 times since then but the<br />
meeting has still not been held.<br />
On le is First Information Report [FIR no. 12/1999]<br />
under sections 364 [Kidnapping /Abducting to<br />
murder], 346 [Wrongful connement in secret], 302<br />
[murder] Ranbir Penal Code [RPC] dated 12 January<br />
1999 at Kupwara police station. The FIR states that a<br />
case of custodial disappearance has been ordered to<br />
be led by the High Court against the alleged<br />
perpetrator. Information was sought through RTI dated<br />
15 October 2013. By communication 24 December<br />
2013 from Jammu and Kashmir Police a copy of the<br />
FIR was provided. By communication dated 25 April<br />
2014 a police communication was also provided that<br />
conrmed that the case had been chargesheeted<br />
against the alleged perpetrator. Separately, a RTI was<br />
led on 18 December 2012 to Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Police regarding custodial killings in Jammu and<br />
Kashmir between 1989 and 2012. By communication<br />
dated 17 January 2013 information was provided that<br />
the case was challaned against the alleged<br />
perpetrator on 1 August 2001. More recently, further<br />
information was sought on this FIR through RTI dated<br />
14 November 2014. By communication dated 10<br />
December 2014 a copy of the FIR and chargesheet<br />
were provided.<br />
deal with the disappearance against the alleged<br />
perpetrator. Progress report of investigation was to be<br />
submitted to the High Court. It seems that following<br />
this the High Court did order for a FIR to be led.<br />
On le is an order by the Judicial Magistrate Kupwara<br />
dated 24 June 2004 handing the case le of the current<br />
matter over to the army for court-martial because the<br />
army has chosen to exercise the court-martial option<br />
under the Army Act.<br />
On le is a list of the suspects lodged in Badami Bagh<br />
Cantonment dated 6 April 1996 and the names of<br />
Javaid Ahmad Bhat and Farooq Ahmad Shalbab are<br />
on it. But, Javaids name appears to have been struck<br />
off whereas there is a tick next to Farooq Shalbab's<br />
name.<br />
The testimony in the above case, High Court<br />
proceedings, and the police investigations themselves<br />
have indicted the alleged perpetrator. But, it appears<br />
that no court-martial has been concluded.<br />
Case No. 33<br />
Victim Details<br />
Mushtaq Ahmad Chacha [Enforced Disappearance]<br />
Age: 20<br />
Occupation: Labourer<br />
Son of: Ghulam Mohammad Chacha, Noora Sabi<br />
Resident of: Ali Kadal, Mehrajgunj, Srinagar<br />
Alleged Perpetrators<br />
st<br />
1. Commandant Dinesh Kotwal, 41 Battalion,<br />
Border Security Force [BSF], Camp Karan<br />
Nagar<br />
st<br />
2. Deputy Commandant Sardar Rai Singh, 41<br />
Battalion Border Security Force [BSF], Camp<br />
Karan Nagar<br />
st<br />
3. R. S. Khoswa, Head, General Staff, 41<br />
Battalion Border Security Force [BSF], Camp<br />
Karan Nagar<br />
4. Superintendent of Police [SP], Criminal<br />
I n v e s t i g a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t / C o u n t e r<br />
Insurgency Kashmir [CID/CIK], Srinagar,<br />
Jammu and Kashmir Police<br />
Case Information<br />
The High Court information that led to the ling of the<br />
above FIR is that the High Court, in writ petition: HCP<br />
116/1996 [Information on the petition number was<br />
sought through RTI on 4 April 2014] and 118/1996<br />
[Information on the petition number was sought<br />
through RTI on 4 April 2014], ordered judicial enquiry.<br />
Judicial enquiry by District and Sessions Judge<br />
Kupwara conrmed that the two victims were taken in<br />
custody on 26 august 1996. 30 December 1998 order<br />
of the judicial enquiry was for registration of the case to<br />
Mushtaq Ahmad Chacha was picked up on 9 July 1995<br />
st<br />
by the personnel of 41 Battalion BSF at around 11:00<br />
am. The family of Mushtaq Ahmad Chacha states that<br />
they met the victim subsequent to his abduction and<br />
since then he has disappeared.<br />
The family of the victim led a petition before the<br />
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in 1996 [Section<br />
491 Criminal Procedure Code, 1989 (CrPC) petition<br />
46<br />
no. 197/1995, a habaes corpus petition] . ]. In reply<br />
46 Information on the petition number was sought through the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 [RTI] on 16 February<br />
2012. No information was provided. Information on this petition was sought again on 4 April 2014.