In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a Special NIA Court, notorious for implicating and punishing Kashmiris in fake cases, on Monday said it will frame formal charges against All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC )Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, APHC Vice Chairman , Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik and other Kashmiri illegally detained leaders on April 18 in connection with a fake funding case.
APHC Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Bashir Ahmed Butt alias Peer Saifullah, Aiyaz Akbar, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Aftab Ahmad Shah alias Shahid-ul Islam, former lawmaker Engineer Rasheed, businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali and several others have also been framed under charges for right to self determination and “waging war” against Indian illegal occupation.
Notably, the court has discharged three, namely Kamran Yusuf, Javed Ahmad Butt and Aasiya Andrabi.—KMS