STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police refused to provide
information on names of SHOs and SP Operations in
Jammu and Kashmir, including Baramulla district.
Government gunmen
The MM operatives who people remember working in the
area are as follows:
i. Abdul Hamid Malik alias Athar, resident of
Chaksari, Pattan
ii. Mohammad Ramzan Mian, alias Hayat Khan,
resident of Pattan. He was later killed.
iii. Azam Khan, resident of Hokar, Badasgam,
Achabal, Islamabad District. He was later killed.
iv. Abdul Majid Mir, alias Shaheen, resident of
Nihalpora, Pattan. He was later killed.
v. Ghulam Ahmad Waza, alias Amma Waza,
resident of Palhallan. He was later killed.
vi. Ghulam Nabi Tantray, alias Kawa, resident of
Palhallan. He was later killed. He had a National
Conference background, and did not himself carry
weapons.
vii. Mohammad Yousuf Tantray, alias Kawa, son of
Ghulam Nabi Tantray, resident of Palhallan. He was later
killed.
viii. Nazir Ahmad Bhat alias Nazir Halwa, resident of
Buran, Pattan. He was later killed.
ix. Mohammad Subhan Tantray, alias Kawa,
resident of Palhallan. He was later killed.
x. Ismail Kawa, resident of Palhallan.
xi. Mushtaq Zargar, resident of Pattan.
xii. Showkat Ahmad alias Shoga, resident of Buran,
Pattan
xiii. Mohammad Raq Mir, alias Adil, resident of
Pattan.
xiv. Shahnawaz, used to be based at Kaw Mohalla,
Palhallan. He was from outside Pattan. He was an
infamous torturer. He was also considered the right hand
man of DSP Kuldeep.
xv. Bashir Ahmad Rather alias Javed, resident of
Nihalpora, Pattan
xvi. Ghulam Hassan Bhat alias Hass Kalloo, resident
of Buran, Pattan.
xvii. Mohammad Maqbool Tantray, alias Kawa,
resident of Palhallan. He was later a victim of enforced
disappearance.
xviii. Shahbaz Ganie, resident of Tangmarg. Presently
works as a Special Police Ofcer [SPO].
xix. Abdul Rashid Ganie, resident of Palhallan. He
was later killed.
xx. Abdul Rehman Ganie, alias Sher Khan alias
Sheru, resident of Mirgund. He was later a victim of
enforced disappearance.
xxi. Nazir Ahmad Hurra, resident of Naidkhai.
Presently works as a SPO in Sumbal, Bandipora.
xxii. Abdul Aziz Rather, resident of Palhallan. He was
later killed.
xxiii. Bashir Rather, son of Abdul Aziz Rather.
xxiv. Habibullah Mir.
xxv. Latief Ahmad Mir, son of Habibullah Mir.
xxvi. Ghulam Nabi Kochka.
xxvii. Jabbar Kanna.
xxviii. Abdul Rashid Ganai, was working with Gharwal
Ries, Palhallan army camp.
xxix. Abdul Rashid Ganai (not same as above), was
working with Gharwal Ries, Palhallan army camp.
xxx. Mohammad Akbar.
xxxi. R e y a z A h m a d S a d d a , s o n o f G h u l a m
Mohammad, resident of Pattan. Presently works as a
SPO in Sumbal, Bandipora.
xxxii. Bashir Ahmad Ganai, was working with Gharwal
Ries, Palhallan army camp.
xxxiii. Mohammad Ismail Tantray, resident of Palhallan.
He did not carry weapons. He had a National Conference
background, and was a lineman in the Power
Department. He was later killed.
xxxiv. Mohammad Abdullah Yatoo, resident of Wusan.
He had a National Conference background. He was later
killed.
xxxv. Manna Grenade. He was later killed.
xxxvi. Abdul Hamid Khan alias Saleem, son of Saif
Khan, resident of Wanigam Bala.
xxxvii. Habib [Saleem and Habib were both at the time,
1995, personal security ofcers to Abdul Ahad Yatoo who
contested the 1996 and subsequent assembly/
parliamentary elections].
xxxviii. Rizwan, resident of Wanigam.
xxxix. Ghulam Mohammad Lone, alias Gul Kandur,
resident of Palhallan.
xl. Mohammad Shaban Tantray, resident of
Tantraypora, Palhallan and used to be based at Kaw
Mohalla, Palhallan.
xli. Abdul Rashid Hajam, resident of Raipora and
used to be based at Kaw Mohalla, Palhallan.
xlii. Abdul Rashid Malla, son of Ghulam Qadir Malla,
resident of Raipora and used to be based at Kaw Mohalla,
Palhallan.
xliii. Abdul Rasheed Hakim, son of Ghulam Nabi
Hakim, and used to be based at Kaw Mohalla, Palhallan.
xliv. Ghulam Mohammad, resident of Kadipora,
Tangmarg and used to be based at Kaw Mohalla,
Palhallan.
xlv. Mukhtar, resident of Mirgund and used to be
based at Kaw Mohalla, Palhallan.
xlvi. Ghulam Mohiuddin Ganie, son of Abdul Rehman
Ganie, resident of Pattan. He is presently working as SPO
in Achabal, Islamabad.
xlvii. Khalil Ahmad Tantray.
xlviii. Abdul Rashid Tantray.
Part D
Complexities and Questions
The Structures of Violence
This chapter while seeking to unravel the complex
structures of violence at play within particular localities
has only been able to do so to a limited extent. To
understand how violence is [and was] perpetrated in
Jammu and Kashmir a more detailed investigation is
required. Examining the role of the various actors
involved behind the scenes whether political or nonpolitical,
formal or informal, would lead to a more
comprehensive understanding of the system in place in
Jammu and Kashmir. This report has therefore been only
an attempt to begin this exploration. A particular
impediment for the researchers was the lack of
transparency from the government and this did not allow
the researchers to make an indepth study of the entire
scale of deployment of army and other forces. Information
available is sketchy and what is presented here has
sometimes been obtained from those who in one way or
the other have worked or cooperated with the structures
of army.