Edited by

Altaf Hussain Wani

Published by Researched & Compiled by
Kashmir Institute of Mehr un Nisa
International Relations, Islamabad Ayesha Waheed
 Introduction 4

Extrajudicial Killings 6

Lawaypora Encounter 6

Demographic Changes 7

Poor Health Facilities 8

Table of Economic Downturn 9

Contents Education Blackout 11

Ban on Human Rights Organizations 12

Case Studies 13

Extrajudicial Killings 14

Tortures 19

Arbitrary Detention 23
 INTRODUCTION
The abysmal situation in the Indian held territory of Jammu and Kashmir has always been a
matter of great concern for the global rights watchdogs, who have time and again raised alarm
over the gross and systematic violations of human rights being committed with impunity by
the Indian ‘security forces’. However, the political and human rights situation in the region has
stooped to a new low after the Indian government stripped the region of its ‘autonomous’
status on 5 August 2019. The imperialistic decision rightly criticized by independent observers
as an act of colonialism pushed Indian occupied Kashmir to a quagmire of uncertainty and
chaos. It was for the first time in the region’s turbulent history that a population of over 14
million was put under a severe military clampdown coupled with a communication blockade
that continued unabated for more than one and a half-year. The dissolution of the state and
reducing its status from that of a state to a union territory and bringing it under Delhi’s direct
control was an atrocious assault on the rights of people that has inflicted terrible psychological
trauma on the people of Kashmir.

The actions taken by the Indian government in violation of Security Council resolutions, the
Charter of the United Nations and international law have further aggravated the rights situation
in the region as during these turbulent times there has been no letup in the state violence,
which continued to take heavy toll on physical and mental health of the already terrorized and
traumatized population. The year saw a massive upsurge in the incidents of state-violence
that has resulted in the death of hundreds of innocent civilians in particular the youth who were
killed during cordon and search operations (CASO) and fake encounters staged by the Indian
forces and its secret agencies.

Apart from deaths, the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, harassment
of the civilian, arbitrary arrests of youth, persecution of political leaders, ban on rights
organizations and a witch hunt against dissenters especially the rights activists, media
houses and journalists at the hands of occupation authorities made an already bad situation
even worse. Whereas essential fundamental freedoms such as peoples’ right to access to
information, the right to education and proper healthcare remained severely restricted during
the past two years.

During this period of time Internet services remained largely suspended in the region. The
information blockade was imposed at a time when Kashmiris were caught between the conflict
and coronavirus. Access to information and conversation through social network platforms
such as Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter was banned at a time when people needed it the
most especially during the epidemic.

The year-long siege and suspension of economic activities for an indefinite period of time led
to severe economic meltdown, which is being widely perceived as a deliberate attempt on the
part of the BJP government to render Kashmiris economically crippled and dependent on the
Indian state.

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Along with abrogation of Article 370 and
35-A, the imposition and enactment
of a regime of new laws especially
the redefinition of state’s domicile law • Modi’s unilateral and
stoked fears of demographic change-
over in the region. And issuance of PRCs illegal actions in IIOJK
(permanent residence certificates) to over
a million outsiders (non-state subjects) by are parallel with Israel’s
the occupation authorities have further
accentuated the contours of the Indian illegal actions in the
government’s settler colonialism policies
that as a matter of fact pose a serious occupied West Bank
existential threat to the majority community
that after 5th August 2019 feels completely (Palestine) and this
alienated, marginalized and robbed of rights
and its distinct cultural identity. shows the Indian fascist
The Kashmir Institute of International government’s intention
Relations (KIIR) has been closely monitoring
and documenting human rights abuses of turning Kashmir into
being committed by India in occupied
Kashmir. another Palestine.
The book in hand provides a chronological
account of the incidents of violence that • Since August 5, 2019,
have taken place during the last quarter of
the year 2020. It also provides an insight of Kashmir has suffered
the devastating impacts of the violence on
the region’s fragile economy, education and repeated disconnections
healthcare system.
of internet and in Dec
2020 it broke the record
of the 17 months longest
blackout by the so-called
democratic state.

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 EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
The Kashmiris have been facing
continued oppression including so-called
cordon and search operations and fake
encounters. The toxic Hindutva ideology
of RSS & BJP has resulted in systematic
targeting of Kashmiri youths through
extra-judicial killings. According to data
provided by the Kashmir Media Service,
95,723 civilians, including women and
children, from Jan 1989 to Dec 2020,
305 civilians since Aug 5, 2019, and 263
civilians in the year of 2020 have been
killed by the Indian Army in IIOJK.1
India has been continuously engaged in a
violation of the 2003 ceasefire Agreement
with Pakistan and targeting civilians who
are living on the Line of Control. In 2020,
India has killed 25 people and injured 200
people by committing more than 2,700
ceasefire violations.
95,723 civilians, including
women and children, from
Jan 1989 to Dec 2020, 305
civilians since Aug 5, 2019,
and 263 civilians in the
year of 2020 have been
killed by the Indian Army
in IIOJK.
Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director
at Human Rights Watch said “Security
forces have long operated with impunity
in Kashmir, and past army investigations
have been more focused on shielding
those responsible for abuse than
providing justice. There can be no end to
the cycle of violence in Kashmir if security
forces are not held accountable for their
past and current abuses.”2
LAWAYPORA ENCOUNTER
In a fresh act of barbarism, the Indian
Army killed three civilians in a fake
encounter in the Lawaypora area of
Srinagar. The slain have been identified
as Ajaz Ahmed Ganai and Athar Mushtaq
Wani of Pulwama and Zubair Ahmed
Lone of Shopian. The families of three
youth claimed that they were students
and left home to submit university forms.
Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay
Kumar admitted the Names of the trio
killed in the ‘encounter’ were not in the
‘list of terrorists’. 3
Ajaz Ahmed Ganai , Athar Mushtaq Wani
and Zubair Ahmed Lone

1 Kashmir Media Service, accessed on Jan 09, 2021, https://kmsnews.org/news/

2 Human Rights Watch, India: New Reports of Extrajudicial Killings in Kashmir, hrw Aug 14, 2020, accessed
on Jan 09, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/14/india-new-reports-extrajudicial-killings-kashmir
3 Pakistan for international inquiry into extra-judicial killings by India in IIOJK, Daily Times Jan 1, 2021,
accessed on Jan 10, 2021, https://dailytimes.com.pk/708369/pakistan-for-international-inquiry-into-
extra-judicial-killings-by-india-in-iiojk/
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 Wailing Relatives of Slain Students of Lawaypora Encounter

ILLEGAL DETENTION:
Impunity for human rights violations
and inaccessibility of the right to justice
are among the main challenges facing 161,330 civilians from Jan
the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The
draconian laws in IIOJK i.e. Armed Forces 1989 to Dec 2020, 14417
Special Powers Act, 1990 (AFSPA) and
Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978
civilians since Aug 5, 2019,
(PSA) guarantees the immunity to the and 2958 civilians in the
Indian troops/Army. Indian government
detained more than 70 Kashmiri political year of 2020 have been
leaders and activists in Kashmir after illegally detained by the
local elections held in Jammu & Kashmir
in Dec 2020. Since Aug 5, 2019, at least Indian Army in IIOJK
389 people have been detained under
the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety
Act (PSA). In 2018 the government has
omitted the proviso of Section 10 of PSA
which allows police to transfer detainees, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
who are permanent residents of Kashmir,
out of state. This caused problems for the The unilateral and illegal actions of the
families of detainees who have to spend Government of India are direct violation
too much money and time to meet their of Security Council resolutions on
relatives. Jammu and Kashmir, the Charter of the
United Nations and international law, the
Fourth Geneva Convention, in which,
According to data provided by the Kashmir
paragraph 6 of Article 49, clearly says
Media Service, 161,330 civilians from Jan
“that the occupying Power shall not
1989 to Dec 2020, 14417 civilians since
deport or transfer parts of its own civilian
Aug 5, 2019, and 2958 civilians in the
population into the territory it occupies.”
year of 2020 have been illegally detained
by the Indian Army in IIOJK.4
4 Kashmir Media Service, accessed on Jan 09, 2021, https://kmsnews.org/news/
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 POOR HEALTH FACILITIES
The internet ban, as well as the uncertain
Out of 33,000 who had political situation, has catastrophic
impact not only on the education &
applied for domicile economy of IIOJK but also deteriorated
the health sector of Kashmir. Where the
certificates at least 25,000 world is fighting together to mitigate the
deadly impact of COVID19 and spreading
people have been granted awareness without causing panic,
domicile certificates to doctors in J&K are fighting COVID-19
without a full library of resources. The
non-Kashmiri residents absence of reliable internet connectivity
created a space for misinformation, such
which have raised fear of as fake UNICEF memos, to spread. In
such circumstances, telemedicine and
demographic changes in online video consultations are impossible
IIOJK. which further threatens the already weak
and limited medical services in the region.

A stringent lockdown in J&K under

military command & control allowed
the Indian fascist government to
surreptitiously scrap its special status
in August 2019. In early April 2020, the
Indian government announced a new
domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir. Out
of 33,000 who had applied for domicile
certificates at least 25,000 people have
been granted domicile certificates to non-
Kashmiri residents which have raised
fear of demographic changes in IIOJK.
A Paramilitary trooper stops an Ambulance
The Modi government issued the new
domicile law one week after government-
The pandemic has brought unprecedented
imposed countrywide lockdown. The
challenges for doctors and health facility
purpose of lockdown amid lockdown
providers in Kashmir. According to the
was to avoid any public outrage and to
World Health Organization recommended
make their grievances inaudible. IIOJK is
in danger of being colonized by the Modi
regime through Indian illegitimate actions.
The indigenous Kashmiris are losing their
political and cultural identity, their rightful
demographic majority and ownership of
their properties in their own homeland.

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 doctors closed the counseling centers
for treating depression, anxiety, trauma-
The seventeen months related disorders that have afflicted
Kashmir due to military lockdown.
internet blackout has Furthermore, hospitals in Kashmir are
become the longest equipped with a mere 93 ventilators for a
population of around eight million.6
communications blackout
in the history of any Jammu and Kashmir is facing a deficit of
around two thousand nurses in different
democracy. hospitals and health centers. The
gagging of health professionals not only
threatens their lives but also weakens the
doctor-patient ratio is a minimum of state’s ability to understand the crisis and
1:1000 but in J&K the ratio is 1:1,658.5 control it efficiently.

Another problem with healthcare in

Kashmir under lockdown exceeds ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
medicine shortages. Medical stores The communication blackout and internet
in Kashmir have only filled half of ban have crippled the business in IIOJK.
all requested medicines. Due to the Kashmir’s tourist industry contributes 8%
communications blackout, medical to the state’s gross domestic product.
stores cannot effectively communicate The Daal Lake and its shores have been
with dealers and medication suppliers. empty of tourists since Aug 5, 2019. The
owners of Shikara (boats) used to earn
Rs 1,000-Rs 1,500 a day. Now they count
According to the World themselves lucky if they make Rs 400 a
day. The carpets, rugs and traditional
Health Organization Shawl industry is also facing the loss of
recommended doctor- millions.

patient ratio is a minimum Before Aug 5, 2019, hotels were used

of 1:1000 but in J&K the
ratio is 1:1,658.
The lockdown has not spared mental
health services in the region either. The
to fully booked by the tourists but now
the situation has been totally changed,
most of the hotel owners had to close
their hotels as the hotel occupancy has
dropped by 80 to 90 percent. The lack of
the internet has also made tourists fearful
of becoming isolated from the outside

5 Burhan Bhat, “Ill-managed hospitals of Capital City,” KashmirWalla March 2, 2020, accessed on Jan 8, 2021,
https://thekashmirwalla.com/2020/03/ill-managed-hospitals-of-capital-city/#:~:text=Economic%20
Survey%202019%2C%20released%20by,recommended%20norm%20of%201%3A1%2C000.
6 Muneeb Yousuf & Rouf Bhat, “Securitising Health: India silences frontline health workers in Kashmir
amid COVID-19,” Carvan April 24, 2020, accessed on Jan08, 2021, https://caravanmagazine.in/health/
securitising-health-india-silences-frontline-health-workers-in-kashmir-amid-covid-19
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With Tourist Arrivals On Decline, empty shikaras stand in a row on the banks of famed Dal Lake in Srinagar.

world especially when their own safety
might be at risk. The carpet industry,
handicrafts, paper Mache, tourism
industry, IT and e-commerce have lost
more than $30 billion in economic output
since August 2019.
There are so many families whose survival
is completely dependent on earnings
from these industries. They have earned
no money since August 5, the shutdown
has devastated their lives. The IT industry
alone employed an estimated 25,000
people but the communication blackout
disrupted IT projects and IT company
owners have left with no option but to
close their offices or to relocate their
firms from IIOJK.
career opportunities as most of the
businesses, firms, companies, start-ups
and small businesses have been moved
out of Kashmir since August 2019. Youth
working in hotels have been rendered
jobless and businesses have been
shut for months without any hope of
normalcy in the region. The startups i.e.
online platforms dealing in books, news
portals, local courier and parcel service
companies are no longer functional due
to internet clampdown.

The current crisis has affected the young

generation so badly. Despite having a
rosy future the students are losing hopes
of a sustainable career and bright future
after the Indian government’s continuous Clampdown in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
illegal actions in IIOJK. They have no
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 EDUCATION BLACKOUT
In IIOJK, the education blackout has
completed 17 months in Dec 2020.
There are at least 2700 private schools
are operating in IIOJK. The clampdown
on education has not only destroyed the
future of around 6,50,000 students but
also disrupted the livelihood of around
65,000 teaching and non-teaching staff
who are dependent on schools. The
schools, colleges and tuition centers are
still closed due to the indefinite lockdown,
earlier due to the abrogation of Article
370 and now the COVID19 and slow
speed 2G internet services are halting
the online education system in Jammu
& Kashmir. The students are unable to
attend online classes because they have
no 4G connectivity unlike other children
in the rest of the world amid pandemic
lockdown, who are getting benefited by
online classes unfortunately students
in J&K are deprived of that. Umi Kalam
Fatimah is currently preparing for NEET
says she doesn’t have any stories of her
childhood that she can really share. Most
of the time was spent confining herself
to her home. She recalls that she was in
Class 9 when 2016 unrest happened and
schools remained closed for half a year.
During the II World War,
more than 2000 schools
were requisitioned for
war use. Even the war &
shortage of school space
didn’t halt the schooling
of children, their classes
were held in chapel, pubs,
and church crypts in order
to continue education.
Students are unable to appear in board
exams due to the unavailability of mobile
services. According to G N Var, PResident
of Private Schools Association and
Coaching Centres Association, “Kashmir
is the only place in the world where 2.7
million hapless children do not have
access to knowledge and information.
Can there be any injustice bigger than
this?”

Indian Army occupied schools in J&K for military purpose

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Education should be the last thing to be
affected by the adversities around. During
the II World War, more than 2000 schools
were requisitioned for war use. Even the
war & shortage of school space didn’t halt
the schooling of children, their classes
were held in chapel, pubs, and church
crypts in order to continue education.7
There is no other source from where
students can continue their studies. There
were coaching classes running in different
localities of Kashmir but the unavailability
of transportation services and lockdown
amid lockdown made it impossible for
students to attend coaching classes or
online classes.
BAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS:
Over the past several decades, many
credible human rights organizations
have emerged to report regularly on
human rights violations committed
against Muslims by Indian forces with
impunity. Indian government canceled
the license of at least 20,000 non-profit
organizations, in the last 5 years, most of
them were human rights organizations.
Amnesty International India was one of
those organizations who had to terminate
their all human rights work focused on
denouncing attacks on human rights
in India due to the Indian government’s
baseless & fabricated allegations on 10
September 2020. Amnesty International
India had slammed & criticized the Indian
government for human rights violations
in Jammu and Kashmir moreover, in
August 2020, AI released a report on
Delhi anti-Muslim riots that took placed
in February 2020, which found that police
7 GROWING UP IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, accessed on Jan 08 2021, https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/
growing-up-in-the-second-world-war
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were complicit in violent anti-muslim
riots in Delhi, which killed 53 people and
injured more than 500 people. AI also
condemned Hindu nationalist party BJP,
particularly Prime Minister Narendra
Modi for making hate speeches against
the Muslim minority in India.
Case Studies
Killings
Case
Names:
1. Zakir Ahmad Pal,
2. Ubair Mushtaq
3. Adil Hussain
Place of incident: Batamaloo, Srinagar
Date of incident: September 17, 2020,
Agency involved: Indian army, CRPF
and Special Operation Group of police
Testimony: On Sep 17, 2020, Zakir
Ahmad Pal, Ubair Mushtaq and Adil
Hussain, were assassinated during a
CASO launched by CRPF and Special
Operation Group of police in Batamaloo
Srinagar. The cordon started at around 2
am.
Case
Name: Kousar Jan Age 45
Resident of: Batamaloo
Place of incident: Batamaloo, Srinagar
Date of incident: September 17, 2020,
Agency involved: Indian army, CRPF
and Special Operation Group of police
Testimony: On September 17, 2020,
the slain woman, 45- year old Kounsar
Jan was killed by the Bullet of an Indian
army officer during a CASO launched by
CRPF and Special Operation Group of
police in Batamaloo Srinagar. She was a
baker and was on way to her shop in the
morning with her son in a vehicle when a
bullet killed her. Police said that the body
of the woman will be handed over to her
family as she has no links with militancy.
Reports said protests and stone pelting
on security forces erupted in the area and
pitched battles continued for whole day.
They said youth pelted stones on security
forces at various places in Batamaloo,
police fired tear gas shells on the youth.
Case
Name: Irfan Ahmad Dar
Resident of: Gadihal, Awantipora
Place of incident: Machoma village of
Tral in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
Date of incident: Sep 24, 2020,
Agency involved: 42RR, special
operation group ( SOG) of JK Police and
CRPF
Testimony: On Sep 24, 2020, Irfan
Ahmad Dar of Gadihal, Awantipora, was
killed in a gunfight with security forces
in Machoma village of Tral in south
Kashmir’s Awantipora, during a CASO
launched by 42RR, special operation
group ( SOG) of JK Police and CRPF. Dar,
a Hafiz I Quran - one who has memorised
the Quran - used to run a seminary.
His body was taken by police to North
Kashmir for burial with only his family
allowed to participate in his last rites.
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Case
Name: Irfan Ahmad Dar
Resident of: Sapore
Place of incident: Sopore
Date of incident: Sep 24,2020,
Agency involved: Indian police
Testimony: On Sep 24,2020, Two
policemen were put under suspension
in connection with the recent alleged
custodial death of a youth in Sopore. Irfan
Ahmad Dar of Sopore died within a day
of his arrest by police last week. While
the family said he was killed in custody,
police said he escaped from custody and
died.
Case
Name: Adil Bhat
Resident of: Kakapora Pulwama
Name: Omar Khan
Resident of: Livar village of Pahalgam
Place of incident: Durham village of
Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district
Date of incident: Sep 25, 2020,
Agency involved: special operation
group ( SOG) of JK police, army and
CRPF
Testimony: On Sep 25, 2020, Adil Bhat
of Kakapora Pulwama and Omar Khan
of Livar village of Pahalgam, were killed
in an overnight encounter with Indian
security forces in Durham village of
Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district. The gunfight erupted last evening
after columns of special operation group
( SOG) of JK police, army and CRPF ring-
fenced Sirhama village following inputs
about the presence of militants.
Case
Name: Ajaz Ahmad Reshi
Resident of: Samboora
Place of incident: Pampore
Date of incident: September 28, 2020
Agency involved: army’s 50RR and
CRPF 110 Battalion.
Testimony: Ajaz Ahmad Reshi of
Samboora was killed during an encounter
held on September 28, 2020, by Indian
security forces in Pampore, during a
CASO launched by army’s 50RR and
CRPF 110 Battalion.
Case
Name: Sajad Ahmad Sofi
Resident of: Padgampora
Place of incident: Pampore
Date of incident: September 28, 2020
Agency involved: army’s 50RR and
CRPF 110 Battalion.
Testimony: Sajad Ahmad Sofi of
Padgampora was killed during an
encounter held on September 28, 2020,
by Indian security forces in Pampore,
during a CASO launched by army’s 50RR
and CRPF 110 Battalion.
Case
Name: Shabir Ahmad Shah
Resident of: Tral
Place of incident: Nunner, Ganderbal
Date of incident: October 6, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On October 6, 2020, Shabir
Ahmad Shah, Resident of Tral, was
assassinated by Indian security forces at
Nunner, Ganderbal, during a fire opened
by the forces.
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Case
Name:
1. Sajad Malla of Maldera, Shopian
2. Junaid Rashid of Tumlahal, Pulwama;
3. Waseem Ahmad Magray of Chakoora
Pulwama,
Place of incident: Turi village of
Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian
district
Date of incident: October 7, 2020
Agency involved: a joint contingent of
police, army and CRPF
Testimony: Sajad Malla of Maldera,
Shopian; Junaid Rashid of Tumlahal,
Pulwama; and Waseem Ahmad Magray
of Chakoora Pulwama, were killed
during a fake encounter in Hef Turi
village of Zainapora in south Kashmir’s
Shopian district on October 7, 2020.
The encounter was staged by a joint
contingent of police, army and CRPF
who then ringfenced the village and
launched searches. Their dead bodies
were taken by police to PCR Srinagar
and later to Handwara in north Kashmir
for burial. Soon after their assassination,
youth came out on streets to protest. The
Indian forces fired tear shells and metallic
pellets on the protesters. Two youths
sustained pellet injuries and were taken
to Pulwama hospital. They were later
referred to SMHS Srinagar for specialized
treatment. The mobile internet service
in the district was shut to thwart more
protests.
Case
Name: Tariq Ahmad Mir
Resident of: Zangalpora Devsar, Kulgam
Place of incident: Yaripora area of south
Kashmir’s Kulgam district
Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Agency involved: Special operation
group ( SOG) of JK Police, army’s 1 RR,
and 18 Battalion CRPF
Testimony: On October 10, 2020,
Tariq Ahmad Mir of Zangalpora Devsar,
Kulgam, was killed in an encounter in
the Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s
Kulgam district during a CASO launched
by special operation group ( SOG) of JK
Police, army’s 1 RR, and 18 Battalion
CRPF in Chinigam.
Case
Name: Zahid Nazir Bhat alias
Resident of: Drubgam village
Place of incident: Dadoora Kangan
village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama
district
Date of incident: October 10, 2020,
Agency involved: a joint team of army’s
55 RR, special operation group ( SOG) of
JK Police and CRPF.
Testimony: Zahid Nazir Bhat alias of
Drubgam village, was killed in a brief
gunfight in Dadoora Kangan village of
south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on
October 10, 2020, by Indian security
forces, during a CASO launched by a joint
team of army’s 55 RR, special operation
group ( SOG) of JK Police and CRPF. His
dead body was then taken by police to
PCR Srinagar where they would be taken
to North Kashmir for burial.
Case
Name: Irshad Ahmad Dar
Resident of: Pulwama
Place of incident: old Barzulla area of
Srinagar
Date of incident: October 12, 2020
Agency involved: Special Operations
Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and
Central Reserve Police Force
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Testimony: on October 12, 2020,
Irshad Ahmad Dar of Pulwama district
of southern Kashmir was assassinated
by Special Operations Group of Jammu
and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve
Police Force during a CASO at the old
Barzulla area of Srinagar during the night.
Soon after his death, clashes erupted
between youths and security forces in the
area and police used tear smoke shells to
disperse the protestors. The protestors in
groups pelted stones on security forces
on Barzulla Bridge, flyover and interior
areas. Police took his body to Gantmulla
Uri, Baramulla, in north Kashmir for
burial. However they allowed some of his
family members to be present at the time
of burial.
Case
Name: Abdul Rashid
Resident of: Budgam
Place of incident: Batwara area
Date of incident: Oct 14, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On Oct 14, 2020, A youth,
Abdul Rashid, a Resident of Budgam,
was killed when an army vehicle hit a
motorcycle in Batwara area, sparking
protests. He was working as a sweeper
in Srinagar Municipal Corporation. The
youth was hit by the army vehicle outside
BB Cantonment and he died on the spot.
The groups of people assembled at the
spot and held a protest, demanding
arrest of the erring driver. The protestors
also clashed with police, however, no one
was injured in the incident.
Case
Name: Tanveer Ahmad Sofi
son of Ghulam Muhammad Sofi
Resident of: Kakapora Pulwama
Place of incident: Kakapora Pulwama
Date of incident: October 15, 2020.
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: Tanveer Ahmad Sofi son of
Ghulam Muhammad Sofi Resident of
Kakapora Pulwama near J& K Bank was
gunned down by Indian security forces
on October 15, 2020. Tanveer sustained
bullet injury in the abdomen. He was
soon rushed to SMHS Hospital Srinagar
by locals, where his condition is said to
be critical. He, then, died 10 days laterin
hospital.
Case
Name: Tauseef Ahmad Pandit
son of Talangam Pulwama
Resident of: Pulwama
Place of incident: Lannoo area of
Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district
Date of incident: Oct 17, 2020,
Agency involved: joint team of the
army’s 19 RR, special operation group
( SOG) of JK Police and 164 Battalion
CRPF.
Testimony: On Oct 17, 2020, Tauseef
Ahmad Pandit son of Talangam Pulwama,
was assassinated by Indian security
forces at Lannoo area of Kokernag in
south Kashmir’s Anantnag district during
a CASO. The operation was launched by
a joint team of the army’s 19 RR, special
operation group ( SOG) of JK Police and
164 Battalion CRPF.
Case
Name:
1. Umar Ahmad Thokar, Resident of
Kulgam district
2. Touseef Ahmad Khanday, Resident of
Kulgam district
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3. Nazim Rather, a Resident of Hakripora,
Pulwama,
Place of incident: Melhora village of
south Kashmir’s Shopian district
Date of incident: Oct 21, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On Oct 21, 2020, Umar
Ahmad Thokar and Touseef Ahmad
Khanday, both residents of Kulgam
district, and Nazim Rather, a Resident
of Hakripora, Pulwama, were killed in
a gunfight with Indian security forces
in Melhora village of south Kashmir’s
Shopian district during a CASO.
Case
Name: Showkat Ahmad Lone
Resident of: Chersoo Awantipora,
Place of incident: Noorpora village of
Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district
Date of incident: Oct 26, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On Oct 26, 2020, Showkat
Ahmad Lone of Chersoo Awantipora,
was killed in an encounter with Indian
security forces in Noorpora village of
Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
His dead body was then taken by police
to Baramulla or Ganderbal district and
buried there.
Case
Name: Javed Ahmad
Resident of: Pulwama district
Place of incident: Mochuwa.
Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Agency involved: Special Operations
Group of police, army’s 50-Rashtriya
Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force
Testimony: Javed Ahmad from
Pulwama district, was killed during a
fake encounter by indian security forces.
The encounter broke out on October 27,
2020, after the Special Operations Group
of police, army’s 50- Rashtriya Rifles and
Central Reserve Police Force cordoned
Mochuwa.
Case
Name: Saifullah Mir alias
Resident of: Pulwama’s Malangpora
village
Place of incident: Wawoosa area of
Rangreth
Date of incident: October 30, 2020
Agency involved: Special Operation
Group of J& K Police, Central Reserve
Police Force and Army’s 53- Rashtriya
Rifles
Testimony: On October 30, 2020,
in the area of Wawoosa, Rangreth,
Indian security forces including Special
Operation Group of J& K Police, Central
Reserve Police Force and Army’s 53-
Rashtriya Rifles cordoned off the area
and killed Saifullah Mir alias during the
shooting erupted at the area. The place
where the encounter took place is less
than a kilometre away from the old
airfield and Jammu and Kashmir Light
Infantry Headquarters. Safiullah had a
diploma in medical electronics from the
Industrial Training Institute in Pulwama
and another from the National Institute of
Electronics and Information Technology
in Srinagar. Soon after his death, clashes
erupted around the town. Meanwhile, the
dead body was taken to Baramulla for
burial in the presence of immediate family
members.
Case
Name: Zamrood Ahmad Gojri Age 30
Son of: Ghulam Muhammad Gojri
Resident of: Hygham
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Place of incident: Putkha Police Post,
Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla
District
Date of incident: November 4, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On November 4, 2020, A
30- year- old inmate allegedly committed
suicide in the Police lockup in Sopore
area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla
district. Zamrood Ahmad Gojri, son of
Ghulam Muhammad Gojri of Hygham
was arrested by a Police team on
November 1, 2020, a Police officer said.
The officer said the accused had been
found hanging inside the Putkha Police
Post that comes under the jurisdiction
of Police Station Tarzoo Sopore. He was
rushed to a local hospital where doctors
declared him brought dead, the Police
officer said
Case
Name: Huzaifa
Place of incident: Meej village of
Pampore in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
Date of incident: November 5, 2020
Agency involved: a joint search party
of special operation group ( SOG) of JK
police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF
Testimony: On November 5, 2020,
Huzaifa was assassinated during the fire
erupted during the cordon and search
operation at Meej village of Pampore in
south Kashmir’s Awantipora, operated by
a joint search party of special operation
group ( SOG) of JK police, army’s 50 RR
and CRPF. soon after the administration
shut down the internet services in the
Awantipora police district.
Case
Name: Umer
Place of incident: Meej village of
Pampore in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
Date of incident: November 5, 2020
Agency involved: a joint search party
of special operation group ( SOG) of JK
police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF
Testimony: On November 5, 2020,
Umer was assassinated during the fire
erupted during the cordon and search
operation at Meej village of Pampore in
south Kashmir’s Awantipora, operated by
a joint search party of special operation
group ( SOG) of JK police, army’s 50 RR
and CRPF. Soon after, the administration
shut down the internet services in the
Awantipora police district.
Case
Name: Shahzad Ahmad Wani,
Age 42
Resident of: Shalipora village of Kulgam
Place of incident: district Jail Mattan,
Anantnag
Date of incident: November 8, 2020
Agency involved: Indian police
Testimony: A 42 year old man, Shahzad
Ahmad Wani, Resident of Shalipora
village of Kulgam, was detained in district
Jail Mattan, Anantnag jail. He used to
work as a labourer in the apple market.
On November 8, 2020, he died in jail.
The reason of his demise is explained
by the authorities as the brief illness
of the man. However, the family of the
deceased questioned his death. If he
was not keeping well why didn’t the jail
authorities inform us at all,” his father Ali
Muhammad said.
Case
Name: Umer Mushtaq Lone
Son of: Mushtaq Ahmad Lone
Resident of: Kutpora, a village of south
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Kashmir’s Shopian district
Place of incident: Kutpora, a village of
south Kashmir’s Shopian district
Date of incident: November 10, 2020
Agency involved: joint team of army’s
34 RR, CRPF and police
Testimony: On November 10, 2020, a
joint team of army’s 34 RR, CRPF and
police surrounded Kutpora, a village of
south Kashmir’s Shopian district, tucked
away in thick apple orchards some 5
kms from Shopian town, and began a
search operation. Umer Mushtaq Lone
son of Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, Resident
of Kutpora village, was assassinated by
the firing of Indian security forces during
CASO.
Case
Name: Irfan Ahmad Thokar
Son of: Mohammad Ishaq Thokar.
Resident of: Kutpora, a village of south
Kashmir’s Shopian district
Place of incident: Kutpora, a village of
south Kashmir’s Shopian district
Date of incident: November 10, 2020
Agency involved: joint team of army’s
34 RR, CRPF and police
Testimony: On November 10, 2020, a
joint team of army’s 34 RR, CRPF and
police surrounded Kutpora, a village of
south Kashmir’s Shopian district, tucked
away in thick apple orchards some 5 kms
from Shopian town, and began a search
operation. Irfan Ahmad Thokar son of
Mohammad Ishaq Thokar, Resident of
Kutpora village, was assassinated by
the firing of Indian security forces during
CASO.
 Case
Name:
1. Farooqa Begum Resident of Balkote
2. Tiyib Ahmad Mir Resident of Sultan
Dhaki
3. Irshad Ahmad Resident of Kamalkote
and
4. Afrar Ahmad Resident of Gohalan.
Place of incident: LOC border at Uri
sector.
Date of incident: November 12, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On November 12, 2020, four
civilians were assassinated during firing
at the LOC border at Uri sector. The
deceased civilians have been identified
as Farooqa Begum Resident of Balkote,
Tiyib Ahmad Mir Resident of Sultan Dhaki,
Irshad Ahmad Resident of Kamalkote and
Afrar Ahmad Resident of Gohalan.
Case
Names
1. Shameema Begum, 43, wife of
Abdul Majeed Ganie and her daughters -
2. Nighat Bano, aged 13
3. Tabassum Bano, aged 9.
Resident of: Lari Boniyar area of Uri in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Place of incident: Lari Boniyar area of
Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: Nov 28, 2020
Testimony:On Nov 28, 2020: A woman
and her two daughters died due to
asphyxiation in Lari Boniyar area of Uri
in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The deceased have been identified as
Shameema Begum, 43, wife of Abdul
Majeed Ganie and her daughters - Nighat
Bano, 13, and Tabasum Bano, 9. The
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head of the family, a chef by profession,
was not present at the time of the incident.
Torture
Case
Name:
Muhamad Yasin Rather of Sirhama;
Shahid Yousuf Sheikh of Bon–Nambal;
Irshad Ahmad Rather of Sirhama and
Mudasir Magray of Sirhama
Place of incident: Durham village of
Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district.
Date of incident: Sep 25, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On Sep 25, 2020, Four
civilians were injured when an explosive
material went off near the Durham village
of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
district. The injured were identified as
Muhamad Yasin Rather of Sirhama;
Shahid Yousuf Sheikh of Bon–Nambal;
Irshad Ahmad Rather of Sirhama and
Mudasir Magray of Sirhama. “All the
four were rushed to hospital where from
two were referred to SMHS Srinagar for
specialised treatment.”
Case
Name: Hamida Bi
wife of Mohammad Din
Resident of: Qasba village of Poonch
Place of incident: Shahpur Kirni area of
Poonch
Date of incident: October 2, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On October 2, 2020, A
middle aged woman from Qasba village
of Poonch was injured in a cross- Line
of Control firing in Shahpur Kirni area of
Poonch by indian firing and shelling. The
injured has been identified as Hamida
Bi wife of Mohammad Din Resident of
Qasba. The woman was near her house
when a bullet hit her in hand.
Case
Name: Showkat Ahmad
Resident of: Chekpora Budgam
Place of incident: Pattan area of
Baramulla district
Date of incident: November 3, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On November 3, 2020, an
employee of the Power Development
Department was injured after a stray
bullet fired in army camp during a
training session which hit him in his hand
accidentally in Pattan area of Baramulla
district. He was repairing a power
transmission line at Wanigam Pattan
at the time of the incident. The injured
employee was identified as Showkat
Ahmad of Chekpora Budgam. He was
shifted to Sub District Hospital Kreeri
where he was treated for bullet wound in
hand.
Case
Name: Kifayat Ahmad
Place of incident: Lalpora Meej area in
Pampore
Date of incident: November 4, 2020.
Agency involved: Indian security forces,
CRPF
Testimony: Kifayat Ahmad was injured
during an encounter between militants
and security forces in Pampore area of
south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on
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November 4, 2020. Indian army, CRPF
and police cordoned the Lalpora Meej
area in Pampore in search of militants.
Case
Name:
1. Hakim Bi of Gohalan
2. Sarfaraz Lateef of Gohalan
3. Sajad Ahmad of Balkote
4. Saif Ali of Kamalkote.
Place of incident: LOC border at Uri
sector.
Date of incident: November 12, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On November 12, 2020, five
civilians were injured during firing and
intense shelling at the LOC border at Uri
sector. The injured have been identified
as Hakim Bi of Gohalan, Sarfaraz Lateef
of Gohalan, Sajad Ahmad of Balkote and
Saif Ali of Kamalkote. Some of the injured
persons were immediately shifted to
Government Medical College Baramulla
where some critically injured persons
were referred to Srinagar.
Case
Name:
1. Adil Ahmad Resident of Samboora;
2. Raja Begum of Naman Kakapora;
3. Shabir Ahmad Dar,
4. Mushtaq Ahmad,
5. Amir Bashir,
6. Gh. Mohuidin,
7. Habibullah Sheikh,
8. Gh. Nabi Sheikh,
9. Suhail Ahmad,
10. Abrar Dar,
11.
Bashir Ahmad, all residents of
Kakapora.
Place of incident: Kakapora town of
Pulwama district
Date of incident: November 17, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony:
On November 17, 2020, eleven civilians
were injured by a grenade blast in
Kakapora town of Pulwama district.
Four among the injured were taken to
Pampore hospital while eight were taken
to Srinagar for treatment.
Case
Name: Sakina Bi, Age 40
Wife of: Nizam Din
Resident of: Bagyaldara
Place of incident: Degwar Tarwan area
of Poonch sector
Date of incident: November 20, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On November 20, 2020,
Sakina Bi ( 40) wife of Nizam Din Resident
of Bagyaldara received bullet injury on
her thigh during ceasefire violation took
place in Degwar Tarwan area of Poonch
sector. She got injured during shelling.
She was then hospitalized in Poonch
hospital.
Case
Name: Mansha Bi, Age 18
Daughter of: Shamas Din
Resident of: Bagyaldara
Place of incident: Degwar Tarwan area
of Poonch sector
Date of incident: November 20, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On November 20, 2020,
Mansha Bi ( 18) daughter of Shamas
Din Resident of the Bagyaldara received
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splinter injuries in her legs, during
ceasefire violation took place in Degwar
Tarwan area of Poonch sector during
ceasefire violation took place in Degwar
Tarwan area of Poonch sector. She got
injured during shelling. She was then
hospitalized in Poonch hospital.
Case
Name: Mohammad Rashid
Son of: Najab Din
Resident of: Kirni Poonch
Place of incident: Line of Control in
Poonch district
Date of incident: November 25, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: Mohammad Rashid son of
Najab Din Resident of Kirni Poonch was
injured by the firing on the Line of Control
in Poonch district on November 25, 2020.
He had been shifted to civil hospital
Poonch and is under treatment.
Case
Name: Ghulam Muhammad Parray,
Place of incident: Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: December 9, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On December 9, 2020,
Ghulam Muhammad Parray was injured
in a grenade attack in Singhpora Pattan
in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. All
the injured were shifted to a Srinagar
hospital for treatment and their condition
is stable.
Case
Name: Gulzar Ahmad Khan,
Place of incident: Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: December 9, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On December 9, 2020,
Gulzar Ahmad Khan was injured in a
grenade attack in Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. All the
injured were shifted to a Srinagar hospital
for treatment and their condition is stable.
Case
Name: Tabassum
Place of incident: Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: December 9, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On December 9, 2020,
Tabbasum was injured in a grenade attack
in Singhpora Pattan in north Kashmir’s
Baramulla district. All the injured were
shifted to a Srinagar hospital for treatment
and their condition is stable.
Case
Name: Manzoor Ahmad Bhat
Place of incident: Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: December 9, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On December 9, 2020,
Manzoor Ahmad Bhat was injured in a
grenade attack in Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. All the
injured were shifted to a Srinagar hospital
for treatment and their condition is stable.
Case
Name: Zubair Ahmad Dar
Place of incident: Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Date of incident: December 9, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On December 9, 2020,
Zubair Ahmad Dar was injured in a
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grenade attack in Singhpora Pattan in
north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. All the
injured were shifted to a Srinagar hospital
for treatment and their condition is stable.
Case
Name: Fatima
Wife of: Ghulam Rasool
Resident of: Budgam district
Place of incident: Budgam district
Date of incident: Dec 11, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On Dec 11, 2020, A woman
was injured in Budgam district after a
stray bullet fired from nearby Air Force
firing range hit her, evoking protests in
the area. Fatima, wife of late Ghulam
Rasool of Wulina Icchigam, was cleaning
vegetables on her veranda when the bullet
hit her leg. She was rushed to hospital for
treatment where her condition is stated to
be stable. It was found that stray bullets
fired from the firing range of the Air Force
had hit the roofs and injured the lady. The
incident sparked protests in the area. The
people were demanding an end to such
incidents. This is not the first time that
somebody has sustained injuries due to
ammunition from firing ranges in Budgam.
There have been scores of deaths and
injuries due to littered explosives during
the past some years.
Case
Name: Ishfaq Ahmad Dalal
Place of incident: Achabal area of south
Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Date of incident: Dec 20, 2020
Agency involved: indian security forces
Testimony: On Dec 20, 2020, a civilian
was injured by the indian security forces
in Achabal area of south Kashmir’s
Anantnag district. Ishfaq Ahmad Dalal, a
shopkeeper, received splinter injuries and
was hospitalised.
ARBITARARY
DETENTION
Case
Name:
1. Bilal Ahmad Kuttay son of Ghulam
Mohammad Kuttay of Chotapora
Shopian
2. Shahnawaz Ahmad Mir son of Zahoor
Ahmad Mir of Mandujan, Shopian.
Place of incident: Jawahar tunnel in
Qazigund area of south Kashmir,
Date of incident: Sep 9, 2020
Agency involved: A joint team of Kulgam
police, army’s 9 RR and CRPF
Testimony: On Sep 9, 2020, Indian Police
apprehended Bilal Ahmad Kuttay son of
Ghulam Mohammad Kuttay of Chotapora
Shopian and Shahnawaz Ahmad Mir
son of Zahoor Ahmad Mir of Mandujan,
Shopian. A joint team of Kulgam police,
army’s 9 RR and CRPF intercepted a truck
coming from Jammu near Jawahar tunnel
in Qazigund area of south Kashmir, thus
arresting its driver under UAPA charges.
Case
Name:
1. Adil Ahmad Hajam, a Resident of
Ratsuna village of Tral,
2. Nadeem Ahmad Dar Resident of
Drangbal Pampore,
3. Irshad Ahmad Sofi Resident of
Tulbagh Pampore
4. Shakir Ahmad Dar of Jalalabad
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Sopore Baramulla
Place of incident: Pampore
Date of incident: September 12, 2020.
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: Adil Ahmad Hajam, a
Resident of Ratsuna village of Tral,
Nadeem Ahmad Dar Resident of Drangbal
Pampore, Irshad Ahmad Sofi Resident
of Tulbagh Pampore and Shakir Ahmad
Dar of Jalalabad Sopore Baramulla, were
detained in Tral by Indian security forces
during a CASO on September 12, 2020.
Case
Name: Akeel Ahmad Parray
Resident of: Mandigam Kralgund,
Place of incident: Mandigam Kralgund
Date of incident: Sep 26, 2020,
Agency involved: Indian security forces.
Testimony: On Sep 26, 2020, Akeel
Ahmad Parray of Mandigam Kralgund,
was arrested from Mandigam village
here, during cordon and search operation
( CASO) by Indian security forces.
Case
Name: Irfan Ahmed Jaral Son of Bashir
Ahmed Jaral
Resident of: Rengear, Keller of Shopian
Place of incident: DKG Thanamandi ,
Shopian
Date of incident: October 5, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On October 5, 2020, Irfan
Ahmed Jaral son of Bashir Ahmed Jaral
Resident of Rengear, Keller of Shopian
was arrested from a passenger vehicle
near DKG Thanamandi by Indian security
forces during a search operation.
 Case
Name: Firdous Ahmad Tak
Resident of: Doda
Place of incident: Dadoora Kangan
village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama
district
Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Agency involved: a joint team of the
army’s 55 RR, special operation group
(SOG) of JK Police and CRPF.
Testimony: Firdous Ahmad Tak from
Doda, was arrested in Dadoora Kangan
village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama
district on October 10, 2020, by Indian
security forces, during a CASO launched
by a joint team of army’s 55 RR, special
operation group ( SOG) of JK Police and
CRPF.
Case
Name:
1. Abdul Ahad Bhat,
2. Rouf Bhat
3. Mohammad Yusuf Wani,
Place of incident: Shopian district of
south Kashmir
Date of incident: Oct 12, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces.
Testimony: On Oct 12, 2020, Three
teachers Namely Abdul Ahad Bhat,
Rouf Bhat and Mohammad Yusuf Wani,
teaching in a religious school in Shopian
district of south Kashmir were arrested
under the stringent Public Safety Act
(PSA) under false allegations by Indian
security forces.
Case
Name: Haris Shareef Rather
Resident of: Zaffron Colony Pampore
Place of incident: Pampore area of the
Awantipora
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Date of incident: Oct 17, 2020,
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On Oct 17, 2020, Haris
Shareef Rather, Resident of Zaffron
Colony Pampore, was arrested by Indian
security forces from the Pampore area of
the Awantipora police district, during a
CASO.
Case
Name: Saqib Akbar Waza
Age 22
Resident of: Batagund
Place of incident: Noorpora village of
Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Date of incident: Oct 26, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On Oct 26, 2020, Saqib Akbar
Waza, a B. Tech student aged 22 years,
a Resident of Batagund was arrested by
Indian security forces in Noorpora village
of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
district. He was doing B. Tech in Punjab.
Case
Name: Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh
Resident of: Serch, Ganderbal
Profession: hospital security guard
Place of incident: Ganderbal
Date of incident: November 2, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On November 2, 2020, Indian
security forces apprehended a man,
Named Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh, Resident
of Serch, Ganderbal, who was a hospital
security guard during a cordon and
search operation at Ganderbal, under the
false allegations.
 Case
Name: Hilal Ahmad Mir
Resident of: Bernbugh Kangan,
Profession: ATM guard at SKIMS
Place of incident: Ganderbal
Date of incident: November 2, 2020
Agency involved: The teams from SOG
Ganderbal, 5RR, 24 RR, 115 Bn and 118
Bn of CRPF
Testimony: On November 2, 2020,
Hilal Ahmad Mir, Resident of Bernbugh
Kangan, who was working as an ATM
guard at SKIMS was apprehended by the
Indian security forces during overnight
joint Cordon and Search Operation (
CASO) launched by the teams from SOG
Ganderbal, 5RR, 24 RR, 115 Bn and 118
Bn of CRPF, under false charges.
Case
Name: Asif Ahmad Mir
Resident of: Serch, Ganderbal
Place of incident: Ganderbal
Date of incident: November 2, 2020
Agency involved: The teams from SOG
Ganderbal, 5RR, 24 RR, 115 Bn and 118
Bn of CRPF
Testimony: On November 2, 2020, a
private security guard at SMHS, Asif
Ahmad Mir, Resident of Serch, Ganderbal,
was apprehended by the Indian security
forces during overnight joint Cordon and
Search Operation ( CASO) launched by
the teams from SOG Ganderbal, 5RR, 24
RR, 115 Bn and 118 Bn of CRPF, under
false charges.
Case
Name: Khawar Sultan Mir
Resident of: Dangerbal, Pampore
Place of incident: Meej village of
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Pampore in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
Date of incident: November 5, 2020
Agency involved: a joint search party
of special operation group ( SOG) of JK
police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF
Testimony: On November 5, 2020, Khawar
Sultan Mir of Dangerbal, Pampore, was
arrested during the cordon and search
operation at Meej village of Pampore in
south Kashmir’s Awantipora, operated by
a joint search party of special operation
group ( SOG) of JK police, army’s 50 RR
and CRPF.
Case
Name: Abdul Latif Mir
Son of: Sanaullah Mir
Resident of: District Baramulla
Place of incident: National capital’s
Sarai Kale Khan area, Delhi
Date of incident: November 5, 2020
Agency involved: Delhi police
Testimony: On November 5, 2020, The
Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Abdul
Latif Mir from District Baramulla, J& K (
age 22 years), from the national capital’s
Sarai Kale Khan area. On the basis of the
false information, a trap was laid near the
millennium park, Sarai Kale Khan, Delhi
and around 10.15 p. m., where he was
apprehended. The family members of the
Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi said that
arrested youth had nothing to do with
militancy. Sanaullah Mir, father of Abdul
Latif, said that his son has completed Hifz
Quran and due to lockdown was confined
to his home. He said, Latif left his home
on Nov 4 and said that some books had
arrived from a Dar- Ul- Uloom at Srinagar
and he will collect them. “ Next day his
mobile was switched off. Later we filed a
missing report at the local police station
at Sopore. We were shocked after news
of his arrest surfaced,” said Sonaullah Mir.
Mir said that his son is innocent and was
never involved in any subversive activity
record of which can be obtained from
security agencies. “ We urge immediate
return of our wards,” the families said.
Case
Name:Mohd. Ashraf Khatanam, Age 20
Son of Mohammad Ashraf
Resident of: District Kupwara, J& K
Place of incident: national capital’s Sarai
Kale Khan area, Delhi
Date of incident: November 5, 2020
Agency involved: Delhi police
Testimony: On November 5, 2020, The
Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Mohd.
Ashraf Khatana from District Kupwara,
J& K ( age 20 years), from the national
capital’s Sarai Kale Khan area. On the
basis of the false information, a trap
was laid near the millennium park, Sarai
Kale Khan, Delhi and around 10.15 p.
m., where he was apprehended. The
family members of the Kashmiri youth
arrested in Delhi said that arrested youth
had nothing to do with militancy. Bashir
Ahmad Khatana, father of Muhammad
Ashraf, one of the arrested youth said
that he himself is an ex- army man and
can say with authority that his son is
innocent. “ We were preparing for his
marriage as he was about to get married
on Nov 11. On Nov 4, he left for Srinagar
to purchase some items for his marriage.
However, later we found his mobile off.
Once his mobile turned on for a brief
time, his location was showing Delhi. On
Tuesday we received information that he
has been arrested,” said Bashir Ahmad
Khatana and added, “My son was a
student at a Dar- Ul- Uloom.
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Case
Name:
1. Arif Bilal Dar, a Resident of Sharatpora
village
2. Sumair Ahmad Shah Resident of
Shalatoo hamlet of the district,
3. Dawood Ahmad Thokar
4. Yawar Ghulam
Place of incident: Delhi
Date of incident: November 24, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: Arif, a Resident of Sharatpora
village along with Sumair Ahmad Shah
Resident of Shalatoo hamlet of the
district, Dawood Ahmad Thokar and
Yawar Ghulam had vanished from Delhi
on November 24. On Thursday, their
distraught families travelled all the way to
Delhi to look for them. “ We dropped in at
the Jamia Masjid police station where the
police officials apprised us that they were
in the custody of Delhi police’s special cell
in Janakpuri”, said Abdul Hameed, father
of Sumair. According to a family member,
Dawood is a trucker who ferried an apple
laden lorry to Delhi and was accompanied
by Yawir, a farmer by profession. He said
that they had lost contact with the duo
on November 24 after they unload the
truck at Azadpur Mandi and went to the
market to buy spices. Arif along with
Sumair had left for Delhi on November
23, where the latter pursued a nursing
course. Their families had not heard
from them from November 24 afternoon.
The youth, according to their families,
had been “picked up” by the police and
handed over to them on Friday evening. “
They were in the custody of Delhi police’s
Special Cell”, said Fayaz Ahmad, cousin
of Arif Bilal Dar, one of the traced youths.
 Case
Name: Sana Zabair (13) and
Laiba Zabair (17),
daughters of Muhammad Zabair
Resident of: Abbasspur village of forward
Kahuta tehsil of PaK
Place of incident: Line of Control in
Poonch
Date of incident: Dec 6, 2020,
Agency involved: Indian army
Testimony: On Dec 6, 2020, Two
teenage girls hailing from forward Kahuta
tehsil area were detained by indian army
on Line of Control in Poonch after they
crossed into this side inadvertently with
the army putting in efforts for their early
repatriation. The duo is real sisters and
has been identified as Sana Zabair (
13) and Laiba Zabair ( 17), daughters
of Muhammad Zabair, Resident of
Abbasspur village of forward Kahuta
tehsil of PaK.
Case
Name:
1. Reyaz Ahmed Rather, Resident of
Nasrullah Pora Budgam
2. Shabir Ahmed Gojri, Resident of
Nasrullah Pora Budgam
3. Muhammad Ayoub Pathan of
Gondhipora village of the same
district
Place of incident: Shakarpur area of Delhi.
Date of incident: Dec 8, 2020
Agency involved: Special Cell of Delhi
Police
Testimony: On Dec 8, 2020, Five persons,
three from Kashmir and two from Punjab,
were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi
Police from Shakarpur area of Delhi. The
three Kashmiri men were identified as
27
Reyaz Ahmed Rather and Shabir Ahmed
Gojri, both residents of Nasrullah Pora
Budgam, and Muhammad Ayoub Pathan
of Gondhipora village of the same district.
The family members of the arrested
persons who held a peaceful protest here
demanding their release said that these
men were innocent and had nothing to
do with militancy. “ This is a lie on the
part of Delhi Police that these men have
links with the militant organisations. All
these men have a clean record and the
entire district knows about it,” they said.
The family of Shabir said that he used
to visit Ajmeer Sharif every year to pay
obeisance. Reyaz’s family said he had
nothing to do with militancy and was not
even remotely connected to it. Reyaz is
a welder by profession and had gone
there to get some stuff,” his family said.
According to his family, he had gone to
Delhi for the first time in his life. Ayoub’s
son questioned whether it was a crime
to visit Delhi. “ My father runs a saw mill
and has nothing to do with militancy. He
went to Delhi to buy some material,” he
said. Pathan has three daughters and
two sons.
Case
Name: Gowhar Ahmed Wani
Place of incident:
Date of incident: Dec 10, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: On Dec 10, 2020, Gowhar
Ahmed Wani, a lawyer, was arrested
under UAPA by Indian security forces,
which has been registered in Imam Sahib
Shopian in this regard
Case
Name: Zaheer Abbas Lone
Resident of: Inder village of Pulwama
district
Place of incident: Gund Baba Khaleel
village along Sangam- Naina road,
pulwama
Date of incident: Dec 17, 2020
Agency involved: Indian army’s 3RR and
JK police
Testimony: On Dec 17, 2020, A person
was apprehended in an injured condition
during a gunfight in Sangam area of
south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. He
was identified as Zaheer Abbas Lone of
Inder village of Pulwama district. His wife
died of cardiac arrest a few days back
and is survived by two children. Indian
army’s 3RR and JK police established a
joint Mobile Vehicle Interception Post (
MVIP) at Gund Baba Khaleel village along
Sangam- Naina road and thus arrested
Zaheer. The injured militant was taken
to GMC Anantnag and then shifted to
Srinagar for further treatment.
Case
Name: Gh Rasool Wani,
Resident of: Meerakabad Shalimar
Srinagar
Place of incident: Srinagar
Date of incident: December 20, 2020
Agency involved: Indian authorities
Testimony: On December 20, 2020, Gh
Rasool Wani, Resident of Meerakabad
Shalimar Srinagar, was detained by
Indian authorities under false allegations
and then booked under Public Safety
Act then shifted him to Kot Balwal Jail
Jammu.
Case
Name:
1. Asif Ahmad Bhat of Rehmania Colony
Srinagar,
2.
Shahid Ahmad Mir of Khanyar
28
Srinagar
3. Zahid Khan, a Resident of Nowhatta
Srinagar
Place of incident: Srinagar
Date of incident: December 20, 2020
Agency involved: Indian security forces
Testimony: Asif Ahmad Bhat of Rehmania
Colony Srinagar, Shahid Ahmad Mir of
Khanyar Srinagar and Zahid Khan, a
Resident of Nowhatta Srinagar, have
been arrested under false allegations on
December 20, 2020 from Srinagar during
a cordon and search operation. The
family members of these three persons on
Friday held a protest demonstration here,
stating that their sons were innocent.
Case
Name:
1. Sartaj Madani
2. Peerzada Mansoor
3. Naeem Akhtar
4. Mansoor Peerzada
5. Bashir Ahmad
Date of incident: Dec 21, 2020
Agency involved: Indian authorities
Testimony: On Dec 21, 2020, Senior
PDP leader and former minister Nayeem
Akhter was reportedly detained by J& K
police & is being taken to MLA hostel.
Earlier in the day, two senior Peoples
Democratic Party leaders were detained
by a central agency in South Kashmir’s
Anantnag district. The duo, according to
their families, were arrested from their
residential quarters in Khanabal housing
colony. They are being questioned at
police station Bijbehara. 4 PDP leaders
taken into preventive custody. Some
leaders that included Sartaj Madni,
Naeem Akhtar, Mansoor Peerzada and
Bashir Ahmad have been taken into
preventive custody.
Case
Name:
1. Aijaz Ahmad Bhat of Larow Tral,
2. Umer Jabar Dar of Wagad Tral,
3. Suhail Ahmad Bhat of Dogripora
Awantipora,
4. Sameer Ahmad Lone of
Darganiegund Tral,
5. Muhammad Amin Khan residents of
Handoora Tral.
6. Rafiq Ahmad Khan, residents of
Handoora Tral.
Place of incident: Tral area of Awantipora
and Sangam area of Anantnag district
Date of incident: December 21, 2020
Agency involved: team of Police, 42 RR
and 180 Bn CRPF
Testimony: On December 21, 2020, six
persons were arrested during a CASO
launched by a team of Police, 42 RR and
180 Bn CRPF in Tral area of Awantipora
and Sangam area of Anantnag district.
The persons were identified as Aijaz
Ahmad Bhat of Larow Tral, Umer Jabar
Dar of Wagad Tral, Suhail Ahmad Bhat of
Dogripora Awantipora, Sameer Ahmad
Lone of Darganiegund Tral, Muhammad
Amin Khan and Rafiq Ahmad Khan both
residents of Handoora Tral.

29
 JANUARY 1990
TO
DECEMBER, 2020

30
 TOTAL
100,000+
KILLINGS

CUSTODIAL
8,500+
KILLINGS

CIVILIANS
150,000+
ARRESTED

ENFORCED
12,000+ DISAPPEARANCES

STRUCTURES
DESTROYED 110,000+
/ ARSONED

WOMEN
22,836+
WIDOWED

HALF
3000+
WIDOWED

WOMEN
11,011+ GANG-RAPED
MOLESTED

PELLET
15,000
VICTIMS

MASS
7,000+
GRAVES

CHILDREN
107,872
ORPHANED
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