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Jammu Mar 23 PTI Displaced Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday paid rich tributes to 24 community members who were killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists at Nadimarg village in Jammu and Kashmirs Pulwama district in 2003 They also demanded setting up of a commission of inquiry to probe the killings and exodus of the Pandit community from Kashmir in 1990 We demand setting up of a commission to probe the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and their exodus The probe should also include investigation into three massacres of Pandits who had preferred to sit back in the valley president of Muthi Kahmiri Migrant camp Anil Bhan told reporters here at a function to observe the 19th anniversary of the Nadimarg massacre The probe should also include circumstances political involvement administrative and police failure creation of environment of terror and burning of properties and encroachments of lands of Pandits that led to the exodus of the community he said We hope Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP will order a probe and provide us justice We are seeking justice for the past 32 years Bhan said Kashmiri Pandit community has been commemorating the day every year and this time a function was held by Ard Nadeshwar Trust at Geeta Bhawan here in which heads of many associations prominent persons and political leaders offered floral tributes to the martyrs of the Nadimarg massacre A shradhanjali programme was organised and tributes were paid to the victims amid recitation of hymns led by Bhushan Lal Bhat Bhat who belongs to Nadimarg narrated the story of the March 23 massacre Youth leader of Jagti migrant camp Sahil Pandita urged the government to ensure that justice is provided to the community We hope people of this country will support us in our battle for reversal of our genocide and exodus from Kashmir We hope Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will ensure our return and rehabilitation in Kashmir he said PTI AB AQS AQS

Jammu Oct 25 PTI Migrant Kashmiri Pandit leaders Monday termed divine justice the killing in a militant attack of an arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT terrorist who had allegedly masterminded the 2003 Nadimarg massacre of 24 local HindusZia Mustafa a Pakistani terrorist who was arrested in 2003 from Kashmir was killed Sunday in militant fire when he was taken to Bhatta Durrian forest in Poonch for the identification of a terror hideout during a security forces operation Three security personnel were injuredHowever Kashmiri Pandit leaders said the government should not always wait for the intervention of the God to provide justice to victims and instead revamp the anti-terrorism system and set up fast track courts to decide terror-related cases in the shortest possible timeHailing from Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir PoK Mustafa alias Abdullah was arrested from south Kashmir in April 2003 He was shifted from Kot Bhalwal jail Jammu to Poonch on police remandAccording to police he had masterminded the gruesome killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits including 11 women and two children in the Nadimarg village of Shopian on March 23 2003We see his killing as a bit of divine justice for the victims of the massacre Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo told PTIIt is unfortunate that despite being the mastermind of the case he was still an under-trial prisoner This highlights the loopholes in our system and the need for revamping the justice system to handover immediate punishment to the culprits involved in terror acts he saidHe said India is the biggest victim of terrorism and the situation demands that the government focus on strengthening the anti-terrorism law further and set up special fast track courts to deal with itFormer General Secretary of All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference ASKPC T K Bhat said the God has provided the justice to the victims as the government failed themAs per police he was the mastermind behind the massacre but the case was lingering in the court for the last 18 years The court should have decided his fate whether he is innocent or a culprit he said echoing Chrungoo demand for setting up of fast track courts to deal with arrested terroristsHe said the trial in all the terror-related cases should be completed in the shortest possible time as justice delayed is justice deniedAnyone who is found innocent should be released but those convicted should be handed over appropriate punishment to provide justice to the victims of violence he said PTI TAS SKL TIR TIR