After he denounced armed struggle for good as the chief of J&K Liberation Front in 1994, successive Indian governments used Malik as a bridge with the Kashmiri separatists. He was granted bail in several militancy related cases (now revived after 35 years), issued an Indian passport and sent as an emissary to start a dialogue both with the separatists and Pakistan. Prima facie, Malik’s 82-page affidavit shows that the charges under which he has been sentenced do not stand scrutiny
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has appealed in the Delhi high court to convert Malik’s life sentence to the death penalty.
Kashmiri leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, once the toast of India’s political elite, is today a pariah facing a double life sentence for his alleged “terrorist” activities. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has appealed in the Delhi high court to convert Malik’s life sentence to the death penalty. Malik argued his own cases for a while in the trial court after his first lawyer died during the Covid-19 pandemic, but later refused to participate in the trial.
Embracing the inevitability of certain death, he has written his last testament — a signed and verified affidavit that has been submitted to the Delhi high court. Malik is not contesting the NIA’s appeal. He has resigned himself to death, having offered, he points out in his affidavit, his “istikhara prayer” seeking guidance from God for his decision and accepting his fate in humility. Malik’s journey, from a militant to an interlocutor for peace, and subsequently to a “terrorist”, reflects India’s strategic policy shifts, from engagement to securitisation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Malik, according to his affidavit, was used as an instrument by the Indian State and then cast aside as a liability.
After he denounced armed struggle for good as the chief of J&K Liberation Front by declaring a unilateral ceasefire in 1994, successive Indian governments used Malik as a bridge with the Kashmiri separatists. He was granted bail in several militancy related cases (now revived after 35 years), issued an Indian passport and sent as an emissary to start a dialogue both with the separatists and Pakistan.
Prima facie, Malik’s 82-page affidavit shows that the charges under which he has been sentenced do not stand scrutiny. They relate to the NIA cases against him — the over three-decade-old TADA cases against him in the CBI court in Jammu are separate and ongoing. The main charges by the NIA include funding stone-pelting after the death of Burhan Wani and receiving money from Hafiz Saeed of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba….
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