Srinagar ,
A special court in Jammu on Monday framed charges against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and six others in a case involving the killing of Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna and three others in 1990.
“You by doing all the afore referred criminal acts in furtherance of the execution of earlier hatched deep-rooted criminal conspiracy among you and co-accused of the case as detailed in the police charge-sheet of the CBI have prima facie committed offenses,” the TADA court observed, according to a report published in Business Standard.
The court slated the case for further hearing on March 30.
Charges were framed under several relevant sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act of the RPC.
The court had earlier observed that accused Yasin Malik, Ali Mohammad Mir, Manzoor Ahmad Sofi alias Mustafa, Javed Ahmed Mir alias Nalka, Nana Ji alias Saleem, Javed Ahmad Zargar and Showkat Ahmed Bakshi prima facie have committed the offense.
On January 25, 1990, four IAF personnel including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna were killed by gunmen in Rawalpora area of Srinagar. Malik was charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before the TADA court in Jammu on August 31, 1990, in this connection. Malik has been arrested in an alleged militancy funding case by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
