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235 | Structures of Violence<br />

Case No. 60<br />

Victim Details<br />

Habibullah Shah [Enforced Disappearance]<br />

Age: 35<br />

Occupation: Employee in Public Health and<br />

Engineering department<br />

Son of: Mohammad Ismail Shah [deceased]<br />

Spouse: Hanifa<br />

Resident of: Janbazpora, Baramulla District<br />

Alleged Perpetrators<br />

1. Captain Rahul, 29 Rashtriya Ries [RR],<br />

Army, Camp Stadium, Baramulla<br />

Case Information<br />

On 28 January 2000 at 11:30 pm army personnel<br />

knocked at the door of Habibullah Shah. Prior to this,<br />

he had been beaten by army personnel. Habibullah<br />

Shah answered the door and informed the family that it<br />

was the army. Habibullah Shah was taken away and<br />

has disappeared since.<br />

The family of Habibullah Shah searched for him until<br />

2008/2009, and in this period received information of<br />

him being at various locations. A Border Security<br />

Forces [BSF] soldier, Babu Ram, used to tell the family<br />

that the victim was at the 29 RR Stadium Camp and<br />

that he would be released.<br />

Habibullah Shah used to repair the pump of Captain<br />

Rahul. On one occasion the victim refused to go and<br />

Captain Rahul told him that he would tie him to a tyre<br />

and drag him there.<br />

This previous tension leads the family of the victim to<br />

believe that Captain Rahul was behind the abduction<br />

and disappearance of the victim.<br />

The family of the victim also states that there was a<br />

family/neighborhood feud against the victim due to his<br />

success. This may have also been behind the<br />

disappearance of Habibullah Shah.<br />

The family of the victim gave a statement to the IPTK<br />

on 30 December 2011.<br />

First Information Report [FIR] no. 19/2000 was led at<br />

t h e B a r a m u l l a P o l i c e S t a t i o n u / s 3 6 4<br />

[Kidnapping/Abducting to murder] Ranbir Penal Code,<br />

84<br />

1989 [RPC] . The FIR states that masked men in army<br />

uniform came and abducted the victim. By<br />

communication dated 22 April 2014 from Jammu and<br />

Kashmir Police a copy of certain investigation<br />

documents were provided. Further, it was stated that<br />

the nal report was yet to be submitted.<br />

The family of Habibullah Shah received ex-gratia<br />

government relief of Rs.1,00,000 in 2008 from the<br />

Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla. The family also<br />

applied for compassionate employment under SRO-<br />

43 [Statutory Rules and Orders] benets which are yet<br />

to be received.<br />

An enquiry report by the Additional District Magistrate,<br />

Baramulla considered a report received from the<br />

Senior Superintendent of Police [SSP], Baramulla that<br />

found that the abduction was carried out by unknown,<br />

masked gunmen wearing an army dress. Further,<br />

Habibullah Shah was found to have not been involved<br />

in any subversive activities. But, the nal conclusion<br />

was that the perpetrators were “unknown militants”<br />

thereby disregarding the SSP's report relating to the<br />

gunmen wearing army dress.<br />

In the instant case, it appears the family testimonial on<br />

the role of Captain Rahul was not considered by the<br />

enquiry ofcer or by the police investigations.<br />

The report of the SSP even after conrming that the<br />

perpetrators were wearing army dress did not feel<br />

the need to inquire from Captain Rahul or other army<br />

personnel deployed in the area. Most pertinently,<br />

despite the passage of 14 years, no nal report<br />

appears to have been prepared or submitted before<br />

a competent court.<br />

Case No. 61<br />

Victim Details<br />

Mohammad Yasin Bhat [Torture and Enforced<br />

Disappearance]<br />

Son of: Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, Sara Begum<br />

Resident of: Malik Sahab, Nowhatta, Srinagar<br />

Alleged Perpetrators<br />

1. Tanvir Jeelani, Sub-Divisional Police Ofcer<br />

[SDPO], Nowhatta Police Station, Jammu and<br />

Kashmir Police<br />

2. Naik [Corporal] Tara Datt G/C, Army, Badami<br />

Bagh Cantonment Area<br />

3. Lance Naik [Lance Corporal] Ghan Shyam,<br />

Army, Badami Bagh Cantonment Area<br />

4. Cdo. Dalbir Singh, Army, Badami Bagh<br />

Cantonment Area<br />

5. Sanjay Kumar, Army, Badami Bagh<br />

Cantonment Area<br />

6. Lance Naik [Lance Corporal] Bikram Singh,<br />

Army, Badami Bagh Cantonment Area<br />

7. B.B. Teing, Army, Badami Bagh Cantonment<br />

Area<br />

Case Information<br />

84 Information on this FIR was sought through the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 [RTI] on 5 May 2012. No information<br />

was provided. Further information sought through RTI on 15 October 2013. By communication dated 30 November 2013 from Jammu and<br />

Kashmir Police a copy of the FIR was provided. Further information sought through RTI dated 14 November 2014. By communication<br />

dated 6 January 2015 information was provided that the nal report was yet to be submitted.

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