STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

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| Structures of Violence
money. Wajahat Habibullah was saying this too. I was
there for 52 days. This was the same time as that of the
abduction. This was counter-kidnapping by government. I
knew that these were people from the administration.
The framework within which the forces viewed their
retaliatory actions is brought out in the testimony of Bilal
Ahmad Mir [Testimony no.20] where he recounts the
killing of a father and son [the son being a militant]. The
witness states:
I was present at the site of the encounter. Major Pama
came and said whosoever had to die, has died and
whatsoever had to be burnt, has been burnt.
Larkipora Village
Within the larger framework of the Khanabal army camp,
the local SOG and the Ikhwan / MM forces are enclosed
stories of individual villages and the violence inicted
upon them by functionaries of this larger system.
Larkipora village provides an illustrative example of this.
The researches of this report carried out a brief survey of
Larkipora to understand how the system worked in an
individual unit: one single village. The similarity to the
larger structures was striking. Like Islamabad town which
had the army, SOG and the Ikhwan/MM with various
camps in place, the structure in Larkipora was quite
similar. The main army camp was in the center of
Larkipora and an Ikhwan camp was located in a village
close by called Sadoora. The Larkipora camp falls under
the command of Khanabal army camp. The Ikhwan camp
in Sadoora falls under the command of Larkipora camp.
Conversations in Larkipora led to a rough list of persons
killed over the years, in the village. This list is produced
below and gives some inkling of the intensity and nature of
extreme voilence systematically meted out. it should be
noted that this is not a full or comprehensive list.:
• Abdul Salaam Dar, Jamaal-ud-din, both resident
of Larkipora and Abdul Rehman Bhat, resident of
Fatehpur were killed by Ikhwan in March 1996. Abdul
Salaam Dar and Jamaal-ud-din were members of
Jamaat-e-Islami.
• Mohammad Sha Wani, son of Abdul Majid Wani,
resident of Larkipora. Used as a human shield and
killed in ring by the army from Larkipora camp on 18
May 2001.
• Ghulam Nabi Rather, son of Ghulam Qadir
Rather, resident of Bonpur, Larkipora was tortured to
death. There was a crackdown by army personnel
from outside Larkipora. This was in 1993/1994. The
body of the victim was found in a well subsequently
after about a week. The army was either Khundroo or
Khanabal camp.
• Ghulam Hassan Malik, son of Sonaullah Malik,
resident of Larkipora was killed in the rst crackdown
of Larkipora by army. It was in probably in 1991. The
crackdown was at night. He went outside his house to
urinate and he was shot at.
• Showkat Ahmad Khanday, son of Dilawar
Khanday, originally resident of Larkipora, worked as a
teacher in the Larkipora village and was killed. There
was a crackdown in which 2-3 people were caught
including the victim. It was a massive crackdown of 10-
15 villages. The other person killed was from Shivpora
– Ghulam Hassan, a tongawala. This was in 1995. In
this crackdown, Farooq Hajam, a militant with HM was
also caught. He was kept tied to a Chinar tree. He had
no weapons on him. He was then blown up.
• Abdul Gani Sheikh, a teacher, resident of
Dialgam and a Carpenter were both killed by army of
the Larkipora camp and their heads were cut as well.
They were afliated with Jamaat-e-Islami. This was
maybe in 1992/1993. News of this killing created
widespread fear and the Larkipora camp was widely
known because of this.
• Muzamil Rather [nicknamed Janak] was tortured
again by Ikhwan of Sadoora camp and he died as a
result of it subsequently.
The Sadoora camp was established around 1995 and
was there until 2003. It was based in the house of
Mohammad Yousuf Baig, which was forcibly occupied.
The camp commander, until he was killed in 2003, was
Mohammad Abbas Mir, alias Colonel Jehangir. Ikhwan at
Sadoora worked with the Larkipora camp. At the village
the researchers were informed that prior to Ikhwan there
was MM presence for a brief period. Mohammad Akbar
Sheikh and his brother Abdul Rashid Sheikh from MM
were active in the area. Mohammad Akbar Sheikh and his
father were killed and then Abdul Rashid Sheikh left to join
Naba Azad in Shehlipora.
• The following is a list of the Ikhwan at Sadoora camp,
as recalled by residents:
• Mohammad Abbas Mir, alias Colonel Jehangir, son of
Mohammad Khazir Mir, resident of Sadoora. Killed.
• Jehangir Malik, son of Saidullah Malik. He is the
only person of the Ikhwan in Sadoora who was
previously a militant. He was with HM previously. Alive.
• Manzoor Ahmad Beg, alias Sher Khan alias
Manna Beg, resident of Sadoora. Alive. Presently in
the Territorial army.
• Manzoor Ahmad Mir, resident of Sadoora. Alive.
• Maqsood Ahmad Shah, resident of Sadoora.
Alive.
• Ghulam Shah, resident of Sadoora. Alive.
• Imtiyaz Ahmad So, son of Ghulam Mohammad
Shah, resident of Sadoora.
• Imtiyaz Kumar, son of Ghulam Mohammad
Kumar, resident of Sadoora. He was tortured by HM
militants.
• Abdul Rashid Malik, son of Ghulam Ahmad Malik,
resident of Sadoora. Dead.
• Nisar Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Mir,
resident of Sadoora. Dead.
• Bashir Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Nabi Mir,
resident of Sadoora. Dead
• Abdul Rashid Sheikh, resident of Sadoora. Alive.
• Manzoor Ahmad Beg, son of Jam Beg, resident of
Sadoora. Alive.
• Mohammad Amin Beg, son of Gul Beg, resident
of Sadoora. Dead
• Reyaz Ahmad Shah, resident of Sadoora. Alive.
Presently in the Territorial army.
• Hilal Ahmad Mir, son of Gul Mohammad Mir,
resident of Sadoora. Alive. Presently in the Territorial
army.
• . Ashiq Hussain Mir, son of Ali Mohammad Mir,
resident of Sadoora. Alive. Presently in the Territorial
army.
It was stated in the village that there were certain people
from Sadoora who got employed in the Territorial army by