STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

531 | Structures of Violence
Koth Bhalwal Jail, the victim's detention order was
quashed, but instead of releasing him he was then
taken by Counter-Intelligence Kashmir [CIK] in
Jammu, who got him transferred to Baramulla Jail and
then from Baramulla he was shifted to Srinagar
Central Jail.When his family brought a release order
to Srinagar Central Jail, he was taken by CIK
personnel to Humhama Camp. He was detained there
for about a month. Following further transfers
between detention centres, he was released after a
period of in the last month of 2007. After his release,
he started a service station.
The victim, Manzoor Ahmed Bhat, gave the above
statement to the IPTK on 9 January2015.
The victim's statement is clear, and cogent evidence
is presented of the torture by the alleged perpetrators.
The allegations warrant further investigation. There is
a slight discrepancy between his statement and that
of Ashiq Hussain Narchoor with regard to when they
were taken from the JIC to the Khanabal army camp
for a single day. Ashiq Narchoor says it was 8-9 days
after being detained whereas the victim here says it
was 25 days later. Except for this discrepancy, the two
statements corroborate one another.
Case No. 38
Victim Details
Sheikh Aijaz Ahmad [Torture]
Age: 29
Occupation: Painter
Son of: Abdul Rahim Sheikh
Resident of: New Colony, AlyalPora, Shopian district
Alleged Perpetrators
1. Major Ravi, 44 Rashtriya Ries [RR],
Veterinary Camp stationed near Shopian
Police Station
Case Information
On 8 July 2005, the Hurriyat [G] chairman Syed Ali
Shah Geelani was visiting the Jamia Masjid at
Shopian. He addressed a huge gathering there. The
victim also attended the gathering.
Early morning the next day, army personnel came to
his house led by Major Ravi. They dragged him out of
the house and wrapped his Pheran [traditional dress
of Kashmir] on his head; he was blindfolded and
couldn't see anything.
After some time, they reached the camp where he
was thrown inside a dark room. After half an hour,
Major Ravi came and started beating him with a
wooden rod and told him to take off his clothes; but the
victim refused. So the Major then called a few
personnel, who forcibly stripped him. He ordered his
guards to bring some pepper powder. And his private
parts were lled with pepper powder. After some time,
he was blind folded and they beat him with a sharp
wire.
Then, he was asked to translate the speech that
Geelani had delivered. While watching its video
[victim did not know where the video came from], he
did the same. They scared him, abused him and beat
him after he had translated the speech. They showed
him blood spots and said that they belonged to
Shakoor Deva, who was killed by the same camp
during torture. The victim was continuously tortured
for ve days.
It was known around town that the Major's name was
Ravi. Secondly, he himself said that his name was
Ravi. He gave his phone number to the victim and told
him that he could call him whenever he wanted and
that he could work with him.
In August 2005, he raided the victim's sister'shouse,
took photographs of his niece and asked them to
make the victim call him. But the victim does not know
which unit he was from except that he was from the
veterinary army camp near police station Shopian.
He has also been victimized by the ling of a false First
Information Report [FIR] against him and he was
detained for seven days. After seven days, he was
bailed and released.
The victim, Sheikh Aijaz Ahmad, gave the above
statement to the IPTK on 6 August 2014.
The details of the torture, and the identication of the
alleged perpetrator [the details of the unit and the
camp are presumably the same as in the Shakoor
Ahmad Deva case] are clear and specic enough to
warrant further investigations.
Case No. 39
Victim Details
[Name and identifying information withheld on the
request of the witness] [Torture]
Occupation: Contractor
Son of: ________
Resident of: _______, Bijbehara, Islamabad district
Alleged Perpetrators
1. Sheikh Tahir alias Tahir Fuf, Government
Gunman [Ikhwan]
2. Kaka Battaa, Special Operations Group
[SOG], Jammu and Kashmir Police
Case Information
In September 2005, personnel of the 3 Rashtriya
Ries [RR] of Khanabal camp cordoned the area at
about 5:30 am. Sheikh Tahir Fuf, an Ikhwan, informed
the army that there were militants in the victim's