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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Jammu and Kashmir<br />
at Churang in Thanamandi area of Rajouri<br />
district. She was alone at home when her<br />
assailants entered the house and inflicted<br />
stab injuries all over her body with knives<br />
and other sharp edged weapons. The<br />
woman bled to death. 121<br />
On 10 June 2004, armed cadres of the<br />
Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit <strong>report</strong>edly tortured<br />
to death four members of a family,<br />
including two women and a child, in the<br />
Chakaras-seripheli village of Udhampur<br />
district. A group of 10 AOGs barged into<br />
the house of Abdul Rehman and allegedly<br />
tortured, dragged out and killed all the<br />
family members. The alleged surrender of<br />
one of the family members Farooq, who<br />
was an armed cadre of the LeT outfit, was<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly the reason behind the brutal<br />
killings. 122<br />
On 4 July 2004, members of the armed<br />
opposition groups <strong>report</strong>edly kidnapped<br />
Mariam Begum from her house in Manoh<br />
village in Doda district and have allegedly<br />
chopped off her ears, nose and tongue. She<br />
was then released to come home on the<br />
night of 10 July 2004. 123 Her brother, Abdul<br />
Latif, an armed cadre of the Harkat-ul-<br />
Mujahideen <strong>report</strong>edly surrendered be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
the Indian security <strong>for</strong>ces. In retaliation, the<br />
Harkat-ul-Mujahiddeen men <strong>report</strong>edly<br />
abducted his father Abdul Mohammed<br />
Ibrahim and sister Mariam Begum from<br />
Mehad Dhar in Doda district while grazing<br />
their cattles. The father-daughter duo were<br />
subjected to brutal torture. They were<br />
beaten with rifle butts, stick and burnt with<br />
cigarettes. While Md Ibrahim <strong>report</strong>edly<br />
managed to escape, hapless Mariam<br />
100<br />
remained in captivity. The AOGs raped her<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e cutting her ears and nose off and left<br />
her in the <strong>for</strong>est to die. An army patrol<br />
<strong>report</strong>edly found her and rescued. 124<br />
On the night of 26 July 2004, a group<br />
of four armed cadres of Laskar-e-Toiba<br />
severely beat Mohammad Shafi of village<br />
Daraj under Budhal police station in Doda<br />
district, his son Liaqat, daughter Zareena<br />
and wife Barkat Bi, and slit their throats<br />
accusing them of being ‘in<strong>for</strong>mers of<br />
security <strong>for</strong>ces’. Mohammad Shafi, Liaqat<br />
and Zareena died on the spot whereas<br />
Barkat Bi was critically injured. 125<br />
On the night of 20 August 2004, some<br />
unidentified AOGs entered the house of<br />
one Rahim Mir at Ludna under Doda<br />
police station and dragged his daughter<br />
Shazia Bano out of the house. The AOGs<br />
then allegedly shot her dead. 126<br />
On the night of 1 September 2004,<br />
members of the armed opposition group<br />
entered the house of Abdullah in village<br />
Bada Dharman in Kotranka tehsil of<br />
Rajouri district and asked Mohammad<br />
Akram son of Mohammad Abdullah to<br />
accompany and guide them to a safer area.<br />
On refusal by Mohammad Abdullah to<br />
send his son with them, they started<br />
beating Mohammad Abdullah’s wife Billo<br />
and their 10-year-old daughter Maniza<br />
Begum. Later, they shot at them inflicting<br />
deep wounds to Billo and killed Mohd<br />
Akram. 127<br />
On 10 September 2004, members of<br />
the AOGs allegedly beaten up the<br />
womenfolk of Hori Hill Dhok area of<br />
Kotranka in district Rajouri and injured