J&K SIA reopens probe into 1990 killings of Kashmiri Pandit poet, nurse

O
Ju e
29,
SIA
filed
a
cha gesheet
i
the
abductio ,
to tu e
a d
killi g
of
Bhat

SRINAGAR:
Sa va a d
Kaul
P emi
was
a
poet.
Sa la
Bhat
was
a
u se.
Both
we e
Kashmi i
Pa dits
who
stayed
behi d
whe
milita cy
e upted
a d
we e
killed
i
1990.
Mo e
tha
th ee
decades
late ,
J&K
police’s
SIA
evived
u esolved
cases
f om
the
Valley’s
da kest
yea s.
The
age cy
sea ched
Wed esday
i e
locatio s
i
its
p obe
i to
the
abductio -mu de
of
P emi
a d
his
you ge
so ,
weeks
afte
fili g
a
cha gesheet
i
Bhat’s
killi g.P emi,
66,
a
poet,
teache
a d
Ga dhia ,
a d
Ve i de
we e
abducted
f om
thei
village,
Soaf
Shali
ea
Koke ag,
o
Ap
30,
1990.
They
we e
shot
dead
the
ext
day.
Five
days
late ,
the
g ief-st icke
Kaul
family
left
Kashmi ,
eve
to
etu .State
I vestigatio
Age cy’s
sea ches
we e
li ked
to
FIR
No.
45/1990
egiste ed
at
Doo u
police
statio
i
A a t ag.
SIA
is
pu sui g
milita cy-e a
cases
that
had
lai
cold
fo
decades.O
Ju e
29,
SIA
filed
a
cha gesheet
i
the
abductio ,
to tu e
a d
killi g
of
Bhat,
27,
a
staff
u se
i
the
eo atology
wa d
at
She -i-Kashmi
I stitute
of
Medical
Scie ces
i
S i aga .
She
was
allegedly
abducted
by
JKLF
f om
SKIMS
Habba
Khatoo
Hostel
o
Ap
18,
1990,
a d
take
to
Illahibagh-Lal
Baza ,
to tu ed
a d
shot
dead.

He
bullet- iddled
body
was
fou d
the
ext
day
at
Ome
Colo y
Malabagh
i
dow tow
S i aga .Bo
i
Soaf
Shali
i
1924,
P emi
joi ed
Khadi
Bha da
afte
completi g
his
educatio
a d
became
associated
with
Mahatma
Ga dhi’s
Swadeshi
moveme t.
His
associatio
with
Kashmi i
poet
Ghulam
Ahmad
Mahjoo
i spi ed
his
lite a y
ca ee .
He
t a slated
Rabi d a ath
Tago e’s
“Gita jali”
i to
Kashmi i
a d
the
Bhagavad
Gita
a d
Ramaya a
i to
Kashmi i
a d
U du,
a d
advocated
secula ism
a d
i te faith
ha mo y.

J&K
govt
u de
the -CM
Fa ooq
Abdullah
posthumously
awa ded
P emi
a
gold
medal
i
1997
fo
his
co t ibutio
to
Kashmi i
lite atu e
a d
commu al
ha mo y.The
killi gs
f om
Kashmi ’s
viole t
sp i g
of
1990
we e
pa t
of
a
wide
wave
of
hostility
agai st
Kashmi i
Pa dits
afte
milita cy
e upted,
d ivi g
a
mass
exodus
of
the
commu ity
f om
the
Valley.
I
2010,
J&K
govt
u de
the -CM
Oma
Abdullah
told
the
assembly
that
209
Kashmi i
Pa dits
had
bee
mu de ed
si ce
1990.