Murder of justice - Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: January 29, 2014 - Zahoor Ahmad Dalal was among the five persons killed by the Army in a fake encounter at the forests of Pathribal village in Anantang district of South Kashmir on March 25, 2000, dubbing them as foreign militants responsible for the massacre of 35 Sikhs five days earlier at Chittisinghpura village in the disputed Himalayan region, hours before a visit to India by then U.S. President Bill Clinton. Before burying them, their bodies were also charred by the Army beyond recognition. CBI had demanded stern punishment for the accused Army officers. However, Army invoked the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, and then challenged the CBI probe in the Supreme Court. Army instituted a court of inquiry and gave clean chit to all the five accused Army personnel recently contending that the evidence recorded could not establish a prime facie case against any of the accused, and thus, closed the case. Read full @ goo.gl/BdV20e
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:24:44 +0000
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