The families of five men killed in the fake encounter of 2000 are not convinced that a court martial will deliver justice, reports Baba Umar JUSTICE IN the Pathribal fake encounter case, in which five villagers were gunned down by the army on 25 March 2000, is being seen as a key to unlock the mystery surrounding the Chattisinghpora massacre of 35 Sikhs by “unidentified.
Demonstrators outside the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi seek snapping of defence ties between India and Israel. Baba Umar reports Demonstrators gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Monday 19 November demanding immediate halt of Israeli aggression in Gaza, pledging solidarity with blockaded Palestinians and asking the UPA government to condemn and snap all.
Mohammad Aamir, Delhi
Age 32 | Years In Jail 14
Arrested February 1998 | Acquitted January 2012
FOURTEEN YEARS is a long time. Wiping away the tears streaming down his cheeks, Mohammad Aamir recounts his experience of when he stepped out of the Rohtak Jail on 9.
Syed Maqbool Shah
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Age 33| Years In Jail 14
Arrested June 1996 | Acquitted April 2010
SYED MAQBOOL SHAH of Kashmir has a similar story of injustice and wrongful incarceration. In the by lanes of Srinagar’s Lal Bazaar, Shah’s.
The acquittal of two men on death row raises questions on the process of terror probes in India, says Baba Umar THEY HAD been handed out the harshest sentence the penal code allows — death. But on 22 November, 16 years after they were charged, the Delhi High Court set aside their death sentences, acquitting Mahmud Ali Bhat, 43, and Mirza Nissar Hussain, 32, of any.
Syed Wasif Haider
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Age 40 | Years In Jail 8
Arrested July 2001 | Acquitted August 2009
SYED WASIF HAIDER, a resident of Kanpur, UP, was jailed for eight years, before the courts finally acquitted him of all charges on 14 August 2009. As a part of the.
Over 10 years in jail. For a crime they did not commit. Baba Umar on the Muslims whose lives became hell in false terror cases ON 31 July 2001, Syed Wasif Haider’s life changed, going from the humdrum to the hunted in the course of one long night. The plainclothes policemen, who came knocking at his door that night, were not guests the 1972-born sales manager.
The separatist leader flays govt cleric for making ‘stupid’ demands, says ‘western guests are always welcome’. Baba Umar reports A day after a top government cleric asked visitors of United States to “immediately” leaveKashmir, senior Hurriyat (G) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday 15 September flayed the cleric saying the “guests in Kashmir need not.
Faced with shrinking habitats and blocked corridors, bears and leopards are increasingly coming into conflict with villagers across the Kashmir Valley. Baba Umar reports ON 8 OCTOBER last year, when Meer Ahmad Khan, 55, a forest guard, crossed the perimeter of Nadurbagh forests in Ganderbal district (23 km east of Srinagar) along with four other guards, he heard.
Instead of punishing the men in uniform who tortured two young men, the J&K Police is targeting those who exposed the act. Baba Umar reports WHAT WAS hidden in police lock-ups so far is slowly coming out in grainy videos from the Kashmir Valley. A video clip uploaded on YouTube recently shows personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police stripping two young men.
