A Catalogue of Indian Atrocities in Kashmir - Islamic Truth

TORTURE AND CUSTODIAL DEATHS - Page 1
Pulwama and shot at them from close range after brutal beatings.
83. One Gh. Nabi S/O Gh. Qadir R/O Larkipora was arrested by the forces 15 days
back and his dead body with visible marks of violence was recovered near a stream
on 26.3.94.
84 to 85. On 28.3.94, the forces during crackdown operations arrested some
persons including Mohd. Jamal Teli and Gh. Ahmad Dar at Batagund, Kupwara
and their bullet-ridden dead bodies were handed over to their relatives on 29.3.94.
86. One Ab. Rashid Bhat alias Sultan Shah R/O Devora, Baramulla, was arrested
by the forces along with five other persons, namely, Riyaz Ahmad Dar, Farooq
Ahmad Dar and Mukhtiyar Ahmad Mir. His bullet-ridden dead body was handed
over to his relatives through local Police on 28.3.94.
87. One Bashir Ahmad Khatana R/O Wandipora Kokarnag, Islamabad, was
arrested by the forces 7 months back during a crackdown operations. His relatives
approached to the authorities and officers but they were not allowed an interview.
When the force (Army) left the place, a dead body identified as Bashir Ahmad
Khatana was found in decomposed manner on 28.3.94.
88. One Gh. Mohd. Tantray of Kupwara was arrested by the forces earlier and then
killed in custody. His dead body was found in the area on 29.3.94.
89. One Riyaz Ahmad R/O Rajbagh, Srinagar, was arrested by the forces during
crackdown operations on 29.3.94 in presence of the locals. His dead body was
handed over to his relatives on the same date through local Police. The people
demonstrated against the brutal killings.
*90. One Mohd. Abdullah alias Sultan R/O Dradpora Baramulla was taken into
custody in presence of the people on 29.3.94 and shot dead in their presence on
spot , when the forces shot at him from point blank range.
91. One Gh. Mohd. Bhat S/O Mohd. Sabir R/O Machawa, Badgam aged about 70
years, was taken into custody by the forces along with three other persons during
crackdown operations on 29.3.94 and beaten ruthlessly. He was then taken along
and his dead body was later handed over to his relatives. The locals held
demonstrations against such brutal killings.
92. One Bashir Ahmad Bhat R/O Badgam district was taken into custody by the
forces during crackdown operations some weeks back after so-called identification
parade and beaten ruthlessly. He asked for a glass of water and when a person tried
to give him a glass of water, one officer stopped him from doing so. It later
transpired that the person was a Muslim Abu Bakar. He was tied with ropes with a
tree. The people were told to see the fate and then from point blank range the
forces fired five shots at him and he received bullet near heart and died on spot in
the month of March 1994.
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