Hundreds of people joined the Kashmiri Pandits as they demonstrated at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Friday, demanding that the government recognise the "genocide" of Kashmiri Hindus and take measures to punish the perpetrators.
Kashmiri Pandits to move SC next week for probe into 1989-90 genocide
By IANS |
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Tue, Jan 19 2021 18:03 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 19 : It has been 32 years since hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits were killed as part of ethnic cleansing in the Kashmir Valley, and their wounds remain raw as justice eludes many in the community who lost their loved ones. Seeking justice for the community, Roots in Kashmir, an organisation representing the displaced Pandits, will move the Supreme Court next week seeking a probe into the genocide.
A bench headed by then Chief Justice J.S. Khehar on July 24, 2017, had declined to entertain a review petition filed by the Pandits. The top court had noted that instances referred to in the petition pertained to 1989-90 and more than 27 years have passed since then. No fruitful purpose would be served as there will not be any evidence at this l