STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE
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340 | Structures of Violence<br />
Gund Ikhwan Camp and they approached Kuka<br />
Parray, who was the head of Ikhwans. There the son<br />
and uncle of the victim got a letter for the release of the<br />
victim. When they went to Hakeem Gund Ikhwan<br />
Camp, they handed over the letter to Rashid Kanbay,<br />
who was group commander at that time. He refused<br />
and said, “I don't want this letter, I want money”. The<br />
family gave him Rs. 30000 but came to know that the<br />
victim had been killed and his body was found in<br />
Chanduna, near the Jammu and Kashmir Bank. When<br />
the son and uncle saw his body, it was full of bullets –<br />
one was lodged in the left side of chest. A woman who<br />
was from Tulmullah, Ganderbal, recognized the body.<br />
The Ikhwans responsible for the killing are still alive.<br />
The son of the victim, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, gave the<br />
above statement to the IPTK on 28 April 2015.<br />
The witness statement is clear, and cogent evidence is<br />
presented of the killing of the victim. The allegations<br />
warrant further investigation.<br />
Case No. 76<br />
Victim Details<br />
1. Fazal Hussain Dar [Extra-Judicial Killing]<br />
Occupation: Senior Inspector, Cooperative<br />
Bank, Doda<br />
Spouse: Nazira Begum<br />
Resident of: Malni Pranu, Bhaderwah, Doda<br />
District<br />
2. Fareed Hussain Dar [Extra-Judicial Killing]<br />
Son of: Fazal Hussain Dar, Nazira Begum<br />
Resident of: Malni Pranu, Bhaderwah, Doda<br />
District<br />
3. Mohammad Hussain Lone [Extra-Judicial<br />
Killing]<br />
Occupation: Farmer<br />
Spouse: Shaheena Begum<br />
Resident of: Malni Pranu, Bhaderwah, Doda<br />
District<br />
4. Talib Hussain Lone [Abduction]<br />
Son of: Ghulam Nabi Lone<br />
Resident of: Malni Pranu, Bhaderwah, Doda<br />
District<br />
Alleged Perpetrators<br />
1. Deputy Inspector General [DIG], Kuldeep<br />
Khoda, Udhampur-Doda Range [as of 31 May<br />
2012 ex-Director General of Police [DGP],<br />
Jammu and Kashmir]<br />
2. Mohammad Ashraf, Special Police Ofcer<br />
[SPO] and Village Defence Committee [VDC]<br />
head<br />
3. Abdul Sattar, associate of SPO Mohammad<br />
Ashraf<br />
4. Tariq Hussain, associate of SPO Mohammad<br />
Ashraf<br />
Case Information<br />
The victims were abducted on 3 January 1996. Fazal<br />
Hussain Dar, Fareed Hussain Dar and Mohammad<br />
Hussain Lone were shot dead but their bodies were<br />
not found. Talib Hussain Lone managed to escape.<br />
First Information Report [FIR] no. 7/1996 u/s 306<br />
[Abetting suicide], 307 [Attempt to murder], 364<br />
[Kidnapping/Abducting to murder], 201 [Causing<br />
disappearance of evidence/giving false information]<br />
Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 [RPC] was led at the<br />
Bhaderwah Police Station on 3 January 1996. On 8<br />
April 1996, the family of Fazal Hussain Dar<br />
approached the National Human Rights Commission<br />
[NHRC]. On 10 March 1997, the family of Fazal<br />
Hussain Dar requested the Chief Minister, Jammu<br />
and Kashmir to hand over the investigations in the<br />
case to the Central Bureau of Investigations [CBI].<br />
As a consequence of the matter being before the<br />
NHRC, on 24 June 1997 the then Director General<br />
of Police [DGP], Jammu and Kashmir, Gurbachan<br />
Jagat initiated a re-investigation into the case by the<br />
Crime Branch. On 16 January 1998, Additional<br />
Superintendent of Police [ASP] Bachan Singh<br />
Chowdhury submitted a progress report that indicted<br />
Kuldeep Khoda, the then Deputy Inspector General<br />
[DIG] of Doda-Udhampur range. On 12 November<br />
1998, ASP Shikha Goel conrmed the earlier<br />
progress report and added that there had been<br />
60<br />
tampering by the police in the case . On 4<br />
December 1999, the Senior Superintendent of Police<br />
[SSP], Crime and Railways, Jammu sent a letter to<br />
the then DGP, Jammu and Kashmir. The letter states<br />
that the NHRC referred the matter to the DGP,<br />
Jammu and Kashmir to determine the facts of the<br />
case. During the investigations, the Crime Branch<br />
was “deputed to Session's Court Bhaderwah to<br />
assess from the concerned court about the progress<br />
of case”. Copies of the testimony before the Court<br />
were collected and placed on the le by the Crime<br />
Branch. The witnesses were once again summoned<br />
and individually re-examined by the Crime Branch.<br />
The witnesses denied having any grievance in the<br />
matter. Further, the witnesses denied having<br />
statements recorded before the Crime Branch.<br />
Shikha Goel, ASP, Crime and Railways, Jammu,<br />
could not “lay her hand on any concrete result<br />
regarding the involvement of senior Police ofcers”.<br />
It was concluded that at the advanced stage of the<br />
trial the Crime Branch could not re-examine<br />
witnesses formally and it would be advisable to wait<br />
for the outcome of the trial. Finally, it was stated that<br />
“if approved” a “comprehensive report” may be sent<br />
to the NHRC.<br />
60 Indian Express, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/civilians-killed-15yr-report-back-to-haunt-j&k-dgp/831717/0, 14 August 2011.