Srinagar, July 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday carried out a raid in connection with a terror-related case in Srinagar city.Officials said the State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted a search operation in the Rainawari area of Srinagar in connection with an ongoing investigation into a terror-related case.The officials said the raid was carried out at the residence of Asim Farooq, son of Farooq Ahmad Budoo, a resident of Kralyar in Rainawari locality o…
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New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Thirty-six years is a long time — long enough for hopes of justice to fade and tears of grief to dry. And when every door of justice and political will seemed firmly shut, one case has given an entire community reason to believe that justice, however delayed, may still be possible. For the beleaguered Kashmiri Hindus, the chargesheet filed in the kidnapping and murder case of Sarla Bhat has rekindled long-lost hopes of justice and redemption. For more than three decades…
Jammu, June 29 (IANS) More than 35 years after the abduction and brutal killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, her family has blamed successive governments for failing to bring those responsible to justice, saying decades of inaction prolonged their suffering and denied closure to the victims’ kin.Reacting to the filing of a 737-page chargesheet by the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA), Sarla Bhat’s cousin, P.K. Bhat, recalled the horrors surrounding her killing and allege…
Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) More than 35 years after Kashmiri Pandit staff nurse Sarla Bhat was abducted, tortured and brutally murdered, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the J&K Crime Branch said on Monday that it has finally filed a chargesheet in the case before a court of law.SIA has filed a 737-page comprehensive chargesheet before the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, TADA/POTA, Special Judge designated under the NIA Act, Srinagar, in the abduction, torture and brutal killing…