A special court here on Monday farmed charges against chief of the banned JKLF Yasin Malik and six others in a 30-year-old case of gunning down of IAF personnel on the outskirts of Srinagar.
The additional sessions TADA judge III, a designated courtfor hearing the case, had on Saturday said that there was enough evidence to framecharges against Malik and six others in the case, officials said.
On Monday, the court ordered framing of charges against allthe seven accused after hearing the CBI as well as defence counsel, they said.The accused were produced before the court through video-conferencing as Malikis lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in connection with a case registered by theNational Investigation Agency (NIA) for alleged funding of separatistactivities in Jammu and Kashmir.
A note for signature of Malik had also been sent to him atTihar Jail as he was present throughout the trial through video-conferencing,the officials said.
The judge had ordered on Saturday that charges could beframed against Malik, Ali Mohammed Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Sofi alias Mustafa, JavedAhmed Mir alias ‘Nalka’, Showkat Ahmed Bakshi, Javed Ahmed Zargar and Nanaji.
They all have been charge-sheeted for murder, attempt tomurder and sections from now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities(Prevention) Act. Decks for the trial of Malik and others in the case werecleared last April when the Jammu and Kashmir high court struck down a 2008order that had transferred their hearing to Srinagar. The framing of chargeswas in connection with the case related to the killing of Indian Air Forceofficers on January 25, 1990 on the outskirts of Srinagar city. The chargesheet was filed by the CBI same year in August.