By Inam Un Nabi GNS SRINAGAR ; The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) has demanded an impartial forensic probe into all unmarked graves across the Valley to see if there is a link between Kashmir’s disappeared people and bodies found in such graves. This follows the ‘official’ discovery of 2,156 bodies in unmarked graves in North Kashmir by the J&K Human Rights Commission (SHRC). Activists, who feel this is just the tip of the iceberg, have asked the SHRC to document similar atrocities in the rest of Kashmir too. Last month, the ADPD issued a statement, “Out of 53 cases we submitted to the SHRC, it has been established that 49 were local civilians. The exhumations at Panchalatan, Ganderbal, Kichama, Macchil have confirmed forensically that forces have been responsible for killing civilians in fake encounters.” SHRC secretary Tariq Banday hesitates to link Kashmir’s disappeared to bodies found in these graves. “This is presumptuous.” H...
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