The State Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of rupees 10 Lakh for providing information regarding the killers of Advocate Babar Qadri.
The agency issued a statement on Saturday seeking people’s help on the killers of Babar Qadri, who was killed in September 2020 in Srinagar.
In a notice, the SIA has said, “A cash reward of Rs 10,00000 (Rupees Ten lacs) is announced for those providing information leading to the arrest of the persons involved in the killing of Senior Advocate of J&K High Court Late Babar Qadri, Srinagar who was killed by terrorists on 24.09.2020 at his residence.”
The identity of the informer shall be kept highly confidential.
Those having any information can contact us at the Mobile/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal number 9103998467, read the notice.
A Case FIR No 62/2020 U/S 302 IPC 7/27 IAA 13/16/18/20/39 UA PA was registered at Police Station Lal Bazar Srinagar now SIA Kashmir.
On September 24, 2020, Advocate Babar Qadri got a call on his cellphone around 6:20 PM. The caller asked Babar to come out of his house as he had to discuss some accident-related cases. When the renowned lawyer came out, he was shot multiple times in his head, resulting in his on-spot death, bringing an end to his short-lived career as a lawyer in the Kashmir valley.
Qadri’s career saw a peak in the 2010 civilian uprising when he campaigned and legally battled the cases of several juveniles in the year and the subsequent years. Several cases of injustice came to the forefront, because of Babar Qadri. The case of Faizan Ahmed (then 12), who was arrested by Police on the charges of Stone throwing in Kashmir capital- Srinagar, is one such case.
“Most of the time, Babar did not charge a fee from the families of the protesters. He defended their cases with all his heart,” his childhood friend and neighbour, Umar had told The Kashmiriyat.