Three decades on, the arrest of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq’s killers brings closure, but justice eludes families of 67 civilians shot in CRPF firing that very day.
NIGEEN After 33 years, two Hizb militants were arrested in connection with the murder of Kashmir cleric Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq on May 21, 1990.
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Total five accused were involved in killing of Mirwaiz; two were killed in encounters, one serving lifer; with arrest of remaining two, all five brought to justice; fresh arrests includes militant who went to Mirwaiz’s bedroom to open fire; Duo were hiding in Pak, Nepal; had returned to Kashmir few years back: Spl DG RR
Ending a three-decade-long chase, the State investigation agency of J&K Police Tuesday claimed to have arrested two absconding Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists involved in the assassination of Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq at his Nageen residence on May 21, 1990.
According to police, one of the arrested