Srinagar, Sept 16: A designated TADA Court in Jammu on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of two accused in the assassination of Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq, who was killed in Srinagar in the early 1990s. The duo has been sent to Central Jail.
The assassination, which shook Kashmir over three decades ago, was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). According to the CBI, the conspiracy was hatched by Hizbul Mujahideen commanders Abdullah Bangroo and Rehman Shigan, and executed by their operatives—Ayub Dar, Javid Bhat, and Zahoor Bhat. Both Bangroo and Shigan were later killed in separate encounters with security forces.
Of the operatives, Dar was arrested soon after the incident and sentenced to life imprisonment. Javid Bhat and Zahoor Bhat, however, evaded arrest for over 33 years before being apprehended in May 2023.
The two had moved bail applications on medical grounds, which were taken up by the TADA Court today. After hearing the matter, the court rejected their pleas and remanded them to Central Jail.
