STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

437| Structures of Violence
death on the way to Soura.
On returning from Soura hospital, when they reached
Budgam, the family was stopped near the police lines
Budgam and was kept inside along with the dead
bodies for three hours. The family kept asking the
police why they were being kept there, why the police
was not allowing them to go their village and bury the
dead bodies. Later they come to know that they were
made to wait for the day as the intent was that the
dead bodies should not reach the village in daytime,
because then people would gather while burying the
dead bodies and an uproar might start. That is why
the army didn't allow them to go to their village till 6
pm. At 6 pm, the army allowed them to take the dead
bodies to the village. After reaching the village, the
family buried the bodies.
After a few days, one of the police personnel from
Police Station Chadoora came to the house of Farooq
Ahmad Wani and told the family to appear in Nagam
Camp. When they appeared there, they were asked to
identify the army personnel who were there during the
crackdown. The family identied one of the personnel
who there and that was when they came to know that
his name was “Mangey Ram”. The family doesn't
know what was done with him.
In February 2015, the family received a summons
from Chadoora court; they appeared there and
narrated what they had witnessed about the incident.
The Station House Ofcer [SHO] of the police station
Chadoora also appeared in the court a few days
before they received the summons. When the family
testied about the incident before the judge, the judge
told them that the SHO had informed the court that the
two were shot when “cross ring” was going on. The
witness doesn't remember who the SHO was at that
time. His name probably was Manzoor. The case is
not closed yet; it is going on in Chadoora court.
The father of Farooq Ahmad Wani, Abdul
MajeedWani, gave the above statement to the IPTK
on12 March 2015.
First Information Report [FIR] no. 186/2004 was led
at the Chadoora police station under Section 302
[murder], 307 [attempt to murder] Ranbir Penal Code
[RPC] and Section 3/27 Arms Act. The FIR was led
on 29 November 2004. There is no information,
except the above witness testimony, on the present
status of the FIR and investigations. Further
information on this FIR was sought through RTI dated
15 July 2015.
The witness statement above is clear and indicts the
army, particularly Mangey Ram. There is no
information on what the Jammu and Kashmir police
have done in investigations except that they appear to
have tried to close the case before the court by
claiming “cross ring”. Finally, based on available
information, it appears the Ministry of Defence has not
carried out even a court-martial in this case.
Case No. 164
Victim Details
Qazi Mohammad Yousuf [Abduction and Extra-
Judicial Killing]
Age: 28
Son of: Nazira Begum, Gul Mohammad Qazi
Resident of: New Theed, Harwan, Srinagar
Alleged Perpetrators
1. Superintendent of Police [SP], Srinagar
Anand Jain, Jammu and Kashmir Police
[presently Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP), Baramulla]
2. Ofcer R.P Singh, Special Operations Group
[SOG], Jammu and Kashmir Police, Harwan
Case Information
On 7 February 2005, Qazi Mohammad Yousuf along
with Riyaz Ahmad Shah and Mohammad Abbas Wani,
was picked up by the SOG Harwan and specically
Ofcer R.P.Singh.
A false First Information Report [FIR] no. 24/2005
u/s 7 [Prohibition of acquisition / possession /
manufacture / sale of prohibited arms / ammunition]
/ 25 [Punishment for certain offences] Arms Act,
1959 was led at the Kothibagh Police Station
against them wherein it was stated that grenades
were recovered and Qazi Mohammad Yousuf
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admitted to being afliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba .
Submissions by the police authorities before the
High Court place this incident on 14 February 2005.
Qazi Mohammad Yousuf was released on bail, on a
court order. SP Anand Jain, who was behind the
ling of the false FIR, warned the family of Qazi
Mohammad Yousuf that Qazi Mohammad Yousuf
would be killed. A chargesheet was produced before
the court on this FIR on 22 November 2006 before
the Forest Magistrate, Srinagar. By communication
dated 22 April 2014 from the Jammu and Kashmir
Police a copy of the chargesheet dated 21
November 2006 was provided.
On 21 March 2005, Qazi Mohammad Yousuf was
again arrested in relation to FIR no.65/2004 u/s 302
[Murder], 307 [Attempt to murder] Ranbir Penal
Code, 1989 [RPC] and 7 [Prohibition of
acquisition/possession/manufacture/sale of
prohibited arms/ammunition]/27 [Punishment for
possessing arms etc. with intent to use them for
unlawful purpose] Arms Act, 1959 at the Harwan
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Police Station .
149 Information on this FIR was sought through the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 [RTI] on 5 May 2012. On 2 June
2012, a copy of the FIR was provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. Further information sought through RTI on 15 October 2013.
150 Information on this FIR was sought through RTI on 5 May 2012. On 2 June 2012, a copy of the FIR was provided by the Jammu and
Kashmir Police. Further information sought through RTI on 15 October 2013.