Srinagar, Aug 12, KDC: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Monday carried out searches at eight locations in Srinagar, including the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, in connection with the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit woman in 1990.
Officials told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the raids were conducted in connection with FIR No. 56/1990 under sections 302, 120 RPC, 3/27 Arms Act, and 3/2 TADA, originally registered at Police Station Nigeen and now being investigated by the SIA.
A team led by DySP Abid Hussain, along with SHO Maisuma and an Executive Magistrate, searched Malik’s Maisuma residence. Malik, son of Ghulam Qadir Malik, is presently lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
The other premises searched by the sleutha of SAI according to Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com include the houses of Javaid Ahmad Mir @Nalka, son of Ghulam Nabi Mir, at Chamardori Zainakadal, Peer Noor ul Haq Shah @Air Marshal, son of Peer Ghulam Rasool Shah, at Illahi Bagh Bachpora, Reyaz Kabir Sheikh, son of Abdul Kabir Sheikh, at Danderkah Batamaloo, Bashir Ahmad Gojri, son of Ghulam Rasool Gojri, at Kadikadal Soklipora, Feroz Ahmad Khan @Jan Mohammad @Jana Kachroo, son of Ghulam Ahmad Khan, at Sazgaripora, Kaiser Ahmad Tiploo @Raj Tiploo, son of Ghulam Mohammad Tiploo, at Al-Hamza Colony Ahmadnagar and Ghulam Mohammad Taploo, son of Asadullah Taploo, at Tiploo Mohalla Anchar.
According to officials, the coordinated searches targeted several former JKLF leaders and associates to gather evidence and reconstruct the sequence of events related to the 1990 killing, which took place during the peak of militancy in the Valley. Details regarding any seizures or recoveries are awaited.
It is pertain to mention that Sarla Bhat, a 27-year-old Kashmiri Pandit nurse from Anantnag was abducted on 18.04.1990 from Habba Khatoon Hostel of SKIMS Soura and her bullet-ridden body was found lying in the thoroughfare at Umar Colony Mallabagh, Soura the following morning.
