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Via phonetap, 3 held for Hurriyat man's killing

Via phonetap, 3 held for Hurriyat man's killing

Author: Muzamil Jaleel & Majid Jahangir
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: September 23, 2008
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/via-phonetap-3-held-for-hurriyat-mans-killing/364747/

Almost 40 days after the killing of Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz during the massive protest march along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road on August 11 - in which three other protesters were killed in police and CRPF firing - the J&K Police have arrested three neighbours from Baramulla for their alleged role in Aziz's killing.

They are: unani doctor Tariq Ahmed Teli; salesman at a shoe shop Irfan Akhoon; and a former militant Ashraf Akhoon, who now runs a poultry farm. They were arrested six days ago after late-night raids at their homes in Khanpora, Baramulla.

Incidentally, the first casualty in police firing that day was Manzoor Akhoon, cousin of prime accused Ashraf Akhoon.

According to a report based on Ashraf's interrogation - a copy of which is with The Indian Express - Ashraf's cellphone was under surveillance right through the rally from 9 am to 11.45 pm. The report says Ashraf had four SIM cards and used only one (9469289255) to talk to Furqan, a militant commander based in PoK. As many as 31 conversations between him and Furqan that day were recorded by the police.

In one of these, Furqan, the report says, told Ashraf to hand over the phone to Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah who was with Aziz in the march that day. Shah is in jail under the Public Safety Act and there are no details in the report about any conversation between Shah and Furqan. The report is also silent on why there was no immediate action if Ashraf was being tapped throughout. The report says the killing happened at least half a km away from Chahal which contradicts the official version that Aziz was injured in Chahal itself. When asked about these, senior police officers declined to comment. The report says the pistol allegedly used by Ashraf was kept "at (his) home for 15 days" and then given to a released militant. It's yet to be recovered.


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