The year 2000 is always remembered for its ever
fading incidence that took place especially the month of March. In this month
after 22 years, an American President’s visit to India explicitly announced the
changes in the political and geographical alliances in the sub-continent
regions that had taken place ever since the Cold War. Clinton visit was
celebrated with all pride and pomp by India, terming it as a defeat of
Pakistan’s diplomatic relationship. Without any shame India announced it as a
great victory in achieving the friendly relationship of the super power from
its competitor in this sub-continent region. The same was even announced by the
ruling class. There was boundless happiness to the corporate media and its joy
had no limits. During this event, one evening on March 20th at
Kashmir 17 armed men in the wearing Indian Army fatigues entered the village of
Chattisinghpura of Anantnag District. It ordered the members of Sikh community
to assemble at the entrance of village Gurudwara. All men and children
assembled at the entrance of village Gurudwara. On the spur of the moment a gun
fire was conducted on the unarmed civilians. 34 people were killed in this
dreadful massacre. After this brutal massacre furiously the ruling political
class and media complained it as Pakistan’s conspiracy to attack India. Aftermath
the massacre there was a wide spread propaganda stating Pakistan was envoys
because of Clinton’s trip to India entered into such cowardice attack.
Immediately, the Government of India vowed that it would retaliate. On March
25, 2000 Indian army entered village at Pathribal at Anantnag District and it
surrounded a small hut. Indian Army with
all pride announced that members of the terrorist troop were attacked by the
Indian army and during that attack five people were killed. America condemned
this Chattisinghpura massacre said this attack was done by some unidentified
group. Later in 2004, Bill Clinton in his autobiography “My Life” has mentioned
as “unidentified”group. In the same year, Clinton’s close associate Strobe
Talbott in his book wrote Clinton did not
believe that Pakistan had its hand in this Chattisinghpura massacre.
Immediately, aftermath the Pathribal encounter people from that village entered
into protest. The local population informed that the people who was attacked
during the encounter were innocent civilians who belong to the same village they
are not terrorist. Further, from March 21st to 24th March
Indian army approximately took 17 members and those members were missing.
Subsequent to this incident there was wide spread protest rising in Kashmir.
Because of the rising protest by people of Kashmir, when the protest reached
its heights Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah ordered for a probe. The
corpus of the persons who were killed and the DNA
samples of close relatives of the missing persons were collected and were sent
for Forensic investigation to Kolkata and Hyderabad. After investigation and
inquiry it was found that persons who were killed in the encounter on April
2002 and persons who were missing are not “foreign militants”, they are
innocent civilians belonging to the same village. Subsequently, on January 2003
CBI was appointed to investigate this fake encounter. Meanwhile, America
refused to recognize and declare that Pakistan terrorists and ISI intelligence
agency had its involvement in the Chattisinghpura Sikh Massacre. During these
circumstances there was an unexpected turning point. Government of India
announces two terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba who were involved in
attack were arrested by the Indian Army in the August 2000. Mohamed Suhail Malik,
who was one of the terrorist arrested, gave an interview to New York Times in
the month of December the very same year.
In
the history of India a great wonder took place when an arrested Pakistani
terrorist giving an interview to an American newspaper. During his interview he
gave a confession that he belonged to Sialkot region and Lashkar organization
has trained him for terrorist activity he along with his companion has intruded
and has committed the Chattissinghpura Sikh Massacre. This story did not
conclude here. A last turning point took place after 10 years. The Delhi High
Court which was hearing the Chattissinghpura Sikh Massacre on 10th
August, 2011 acquitted the two militants, Mohamed Suhail Malik and Wasim Ahmed
the co-accused who was arrested along with him stating that, they did not had
any relation with the Massacre. Meanwhile, CBI which concluded its enquiry on
Pathribal Fake Encounter gave a report stating that persons who were killed are
innocent civilians and that was a fake encounter. Brigadier Ajay
Saxena, Major Bijendra Pratap Singh, Major Saurabh Sharma, Major Amit Saxena and
Subedar Idris Khan according to CBI these were the persons responsible to said
fake encounter. Outcome of this truth made several human rights activist and
some democratic organizations to get agitated. Before the Division Bench of the
Supreme Court, the CBI placed its observation on the investigation and argued
furnishing all the evidence. The outcome of its report was what has happened at
Pathribal village was a cold-blooded murder. On June 2012, the Army which has
foreseen the outcome of the proceeding requested a court-martial proceeding
before the Supreme Court. On 23rd December 2013, the military tribunal
disposed of the case stating the evidence recorded could not establish a
prima-facie case against any of the accused persons. One of the victim Abdul
Rasheed Khan (Shakoor Ahmad Khan) whose father Juma Khan was killed in fake
encounter says “The very day when the Supreme Court denied the argument of CBI
and transferred the case to Military Tribunal, we lost our confidence. But still we appeared with the thought
because of non-appearance of witnesses the case should not get disposed off. We
were well aware of the outcome of this decision.”Any individual who rationally
analyse the incident of the Indian Army can come to a conclusion that it is a
cold-blooded murder. Any one can realize the injustice and the brutal act of
the Army. This kind of brutality against the innocent civilians of Kashmir time
now and then has led to frustration and turning them towards terrorism. This is
because of the Government of India’s atrocities in comparison with Pakistan’s
instigation.
Kashmiri people realized
that Indian army is a murderous army and Indian justice system is nothing but a
system of INJUSTICE. Support the RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION of Kashmiris including
the right to secession.
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