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This is well documented by Pakistani as well as Kashmiri authors that Pakistan played a crucial role in sidelining pro-independance groups. Infact, at times, they passed on intelligence to Indian offcials to weaken the JKLF. You may want to check out Shadow War by Arif Jamal for details. Basharat Peer also mentions this in his book Curfewed midnight.
This is well documented by Pakistani as well as Kashmiri authors that Pakistan played a crucial role in sidelining pro-independance groups. Infact, at times, they passed on intelligence to Indian offcials to weaken the JKLF. You may want to check out Shadow War by Arif Jamal for details. Basharat Peer also mentions this in his book Curfewed midnight.
SC upholds life sentence for killer of Mirwaiz's father
NEW DELHI: More than 20 years after militants gunned down then Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq at his residence in Srinagar, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and life sentence to Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mohammad Ayub Dar for the murder.
A Bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and M K Sharma dismissed an appeal filed by Dar, who was convicted by a Jammu and Kashmir TADA court on March 8 last year and sentenced to life imprisonment. "There is no merit in the appeal and it is dismissed," the Bench said. The TADA court had also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on Dar.
The killing of Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq on May 21, 1990, had led to massive protests in the Valley. A month later, his then 17-year-old son Umar Farooq was appointed Mirwaiz.
On May 21, 1990, three terrorists entered Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq's house and shot him. Farooq succumbed to his injuries at the Soura Hospital in Srinagar. The case was transferred to the CBI on June 11, 1990. Accused Abdul Rehman Shingan, alias Inayat, was arrested on September 20, 1990.
Shingan had confessed that he along with Mohammad Ayub Dar and Zahoor Ahmed entered Farooq's office armed with pistols and shot him. Shingan had died during the pendency of the trial. Accused Javed Ahmed, alias Ajmal Khan, and Zahoor Ahmed, alias Bilal, are absconding.