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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Jammu and Kashmir<br />
several lakhs rupees as ransom. When<br />
Khan confronted the imposters, they<br />
opened fire, killing him and injuring four<br />
others. People from the neighbourhood<br />
gathered and apprehended the two<br />
imposters, who were identified as<br />
Assistant Sub-Inspector Mohammad<br />
Yousuf and constable Farooque Ahmad.<br />
Three of them managed to escape. 45<br />
The use of disproportionate <strong>for</strong>ce<br />
against the protestors of human rights<br />
violations also resulted in arbitrary<br />
deprivation of the right to life. On 26<br />
February 2004, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani was<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly killed and two others,<br />
Mohammad Akbar and Suhail Ahmad,<br />
were wounded when police opened fire at<br />
the demonstrators at Bandipore town in<br />
Baramullah district. The villagers were<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly protesting against the torture of<br />
two villagers Ghula Mohammad Bhat and<br />
Abdul Ahad by the security <strong>for</strong>ces after<br />
they refused to accompany them to a <strong>for</strong>est<br />
area. 46<br />
On 29 November 2004, a contingent<br />
of the Rashtriya Rifles launched a search<br />
operation in the area of Hushroo village in<br />
Budgam district early in the morning and<br />
allegedly picked up a group of local youth<br />
and subjected them to torture. The<br />
villagers protested and attempted to break<br />
the cordon. As the protesters started<br />
marching towards the Teshil headquarters,<br />
the troops allegedly opened fire on them<br />
resulting injuries to three of them. Two of<br />
them, Farooq Ahmad Wani and Ghulam<br />
Hassan Mugloo later succumbed to their<br />
injuries in a local hospital. The army<br />
claimed that the civilians got killed in<br />
crossfires. 47<br />
On 29 November 2004, an elderly<br />
civilian, Abdul Khalid Sheikh was<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly killed and four other injured<br />
when troops of the Rashtriya Rifles<br />
allegedly opened fire on demonstrators<br />
during a cordon and search operation at<br />
Hakabara-Hajan in Baramulla district. 48<br />
On 25 December 2004, BSF jawans<br />
allegedly shot dead a mentally challenged<br />
person, Shamshad Ahmad Ganai at<br />
Sherbagh near Nowdal in the Tral area in<br />
Pulwama district after he did not stop on<br />
their order. 49<br />
iii. Arbitrary arrest, detention and<br />
torture<br />
The arrest of political activists has been<br />
a common practice in Jammu and Kashmir.<br />
Acting upon in<strong>for</strong>mation provided by their<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mers, security <strong>for</strong>ces usually conduct<br />
raids, arrest and detain suspects and torture<br />
them. Several innocent persons including<br />
family members are allegedly harassed and<br />
tortured by security agencies based on the<br />
false in<strong>for</strong>mation provided by the in<strong>for</strong>mers<br />
sometimes because of personal enmity. 50<br />
On the night of 14 January 2004, SOG<br />
personnel posted at Keeri Pattan in<br />
Baramulla district allegedly <strong>for</strong>ced their<br />
entry into the houses of Mohammad<br />
Abdullah Mir, Ghulam Mohammad Shah,<br />
Ghulam Nabi Mir, Abdul Wahab Ahangar<br />
and Abdul Salam Ahangar and ransacked<br />
their houses. The security personnel also<br />
beat up the family members. The State<br />
<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> Commission intervened in<br />
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