New Delhi, Jan 2, 2012: The Human Rights Commission of India has asked Indian Home Secretary and the Defence Secretary to probe all aspects of unmarked graves in three districts of north Kashmir.
The Human Rights Commission was moved by rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy saying that cold blooded murders were not reported by the authorities and that the family members were totally kept in dark over this.
.“It is beyond doubt that unmarked graves containing dead bodies do exist in various places in North Kashmir. There is every possibility that these unidentified bodies buried in various unmarked graves at 38 places may contain bodies of enforced disappearance cases as the bodies were unidentified,” said the petitioner.
Tripathy pleaded with the Human Rights Commission of India to conduct a thorough probe into the mystery behind these cold-blooded murders.
He also requested the matching of the DNA sampling of the bodies with the relatives whose relatives were missing.
Incidentally, the Human Rights Commission of Kashmir had created ripples by revealing that 2,156 unidentified bodies are lying in mass graves in Baramulla, Bandipore and Kupwara districts.of north Kashmir. It has called for the DNA sampling of the bodies to compare them with the next of kin of people who have disappeared.
The Association of Parents of Displaced Persons (APDP) had in its reports maintained that 2,373 were buried in these mass graves.
The report also suggested that to stop the misuse of powers under the black laws, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA), it is necessary that wherever anybody is killed, his or her identification profile, including the DNA profile should be maintained properly.