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Survivors of torture in Kashmir Part 1: 25 yrs on, Nazir Ahmad Sheikh, who lost both legs to Indian Army's assault awaits justice
FirstpostIn custody, the army personnel allegedly used rollers on Sheikh’s body, pushed his hands into a wood-burning stove and subjected him to severe beatings. Editor’s note: In a first such report compiled over a span of 10 years, Srinagar-based rights body Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society has documented accounts of 432 survivors of torture since 1989, when armed militancy took root in the Valley. *** On a scorching afternoon in early June, 45-year-old Nazir Ahmad Sheikh had taken a nearly 22-kilometer trip on his specially-designed scooter to reach the main town of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. First ever report on torture Sheikh is one of 432 victims of torture documented by Srinagar-based rights body Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society over a span of ten years. As far as the perpetrators of the torture are concerned, the investigation in Sheikh’s case was “ultimately closed by declaring the perpetrators as untraced…” the report notes.
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