STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

326 | Structures of Violence
Case No. 58
Victim Details
Mohammad Ashraf Dar [Extra-judicial killing]
Age: 30
Son of: Mohammed Akbar Dar
Resident of: Banyari Sharki, Hajin tehsil, Sonawari
district
Alleged Perpetrators
1. Bashir Yaar, Government Gunman [Ikhwan]
2. Ama Chacha, Government Gunman [Ikhwan]
3. Bashir Gagur, Government Gunman [Ikhwan]
4. Mohiuddin Pitch, Government Gunman
[Ikhwan]
5. Sul Karnayee, Government Gunman [Ikhwan]
6. Rehman Chabee, Government Gunman
[Ikhwan]
Case Information
Reyaz Ahmad Dar was a militant belonging to the
Hizbul Mujahedeen. He had trained in Pakistan. After
his death, his family, consisting his brother and his
wife, were harassed by the Ikhwan.
Ikhwans headed by Bashir Yaar, accompanied by
other Ikhwan – Ama Chacha, Bashir Gagur; and
Mehdeen Pitch, along with Sul Karnayee and Rehman
Chabee [who did not have any weapons but was
working for the Ikhwans] – always found a reason to
search their house and torture them. These atrocities
continued for four to ve years.
On 4 May 1995, when the victim was returning home,
he was surrounded by the above-mentioned Ikhwans
and red at. At least thirty bullets were shot at him. As
soon as the family [Rafeeqa [wife], M. Jabbar Dar
[Uncle], Azi [Mother] and Saleema [Sister] reached the
place where the incident occurred, Mohammed Akbar
Dar was rushed to the hospital at Hajin. But he died on
the way. After performing the last rituals, he was buried
in his local graveyard.
The wife of the victim, Rafeeqa Begum, gave the
above statement to the IPTK on 29 May 2015.
The witness statement is clear, and cogent evidence is
presented of the killing of the victim. But, the actual
attack on the victim needs to be investigated further
and further details need to be collected.
Case No. 59
Victim Details
Nisar Ahmad Pencha [Abduction, Torture, Extrajudicial
Killing]
Age: 16
Occupation: Tenth Grade Student
Son of: Ghulam Mohammad Pencho
Resident of: Kulhama, District Bandipora
Alleged Perpetrators
1. Amma Kol, alias Cobra, Government
Gunman [Ikhwan]
Case Information
On the intervening night of 5/6 May 1995, at about 3:00
am someone knocked on the door of Nisar Ahmad
Pencho's house. His mother, Khatija Begum
recognized the person, Shahnaz Ahmad Pencho their
next door neighbor. As soon as she opened the door,
however ve gun men dressed in civilian clothes with
their faces covered with a black cloth, entered the
house. She recognized one of the gunmen, Amma Kol,
a resident of their village.
The gunmen searched all the rooms in the house and
nally dragged the victim and his brother, Abdul Majid
Pencho out of their house. Their grandfather pleaded
with the gunmen, to let the boys go, but Amma Kol
refused. Nobody came to help the family due to the
widespread fear of the Ikhwan in the area. On the
same night, another young boy was abducted by
Ikhwans in the nearby village of Kulhama. When they
reached Garoora, the two boys – Majid and Nisar were
separated, and Nisar was taken on a different route,
according to Majid who was a witness to events up to
this point. Majid was allowed to return to the family.
On the next morning, Zooni Begum a sher woman
came to the house and told Nisar Ahmed's mother that
her son had been killed and his dead body was lying at
Sangree Top, near Garoora. On the same day, the
other kidnapped boy was also killed by gunmen
afliated to the same group of Ikhwans. It was widely
believed locally that both boys had been killed at
Javaid Shah's house [Ikhwan Camp] at Nadihal. That
day the two dead bodies were brought to the village of
Kulhama. Nisar Ahmed's dead body bore marks of
torture. There were also about ve bullet wounds on
his body. This was the third death in their family. First,
an older son Gowhar Ahmad, who was a well known
militant was was killed in an encounter with the Indian
Army, then her husband was killed by the Ikhwans and
lastly her 16 year old son was killed.
The mother of the victim, Khatija Begum, gave the
above statement to the IPTK on 22 June 2015.
The witness statement provides evidence of the
abduction, torture and killing by the alleged
perpetrators. The eye-witness testimony of Abdul
Majid Pencho in this case would need to be recorded.
The allegations warrant further investigation.
Case No. 60
Victim Details
Mohammad Yousuf Malik [Abduction, Torture, Extra-