The Jammu Kashmir administration is set to reopen the cases of militant-activities in the Valley involving former militants, separatists etc in which evidence can be gathered.
The Home Department of the Manoj Sinha-led administration is actively considering all such cases and will take a call shortly depending on the merits, Dalit Excelsior reported.
Quoting official sources the report said that the Jammu Kashmir Admin has asked the Home Department to consider reopening of cases pertaining to ‘Anti-India’ activities involving former militants, who are roaming freely now, separatists and other anti-national elements whose cases were closed or couldn’t be pursued legally during past three decades of militancy due to “indifferent attitude of the then administration”.
“Several such cases are under discussion. We can’t say all such cases will be opened as evidence has been destroyed in many cases. However, the cases which can be pursued legally and can stand judicial determination will be opened as per the Government directions,” sources told the newspaper.
The report further added that the administration has assigned the duty to a top officer of the Home Department to study the cases with assistance of Police and Legal officials.
Asserting that evidence has been erased in some of the cases, sources, however, said that the Home Department teams with the help of Police and Legal experts are trying to gather maximum possible proof that can stand judicial scrutiny before reopening the cases.
The Government decision to reopen cases of militancy comes termination of Government employees involved in fanning terror across Jammu Kashmir.