The 'Grave' Reality of Kashmir's Brutal Graves

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 03 October 2011, 23:45 IST   |    12 Comments
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Disappearing Masses in Kashmir
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Over the last few years, hundreds of people have gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir. They are believed to be victims of state's separatist revolt. In July this year, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) of J&K had investigated into unmarked graves at Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara and Handwara districts across 38 graveyards and verified 2,156 unidentified bodies in unidentified graves. A north Kashmir district police had recently acknowledged the presence of 464 unidentified people in unmarked graves. While the matter awaits an impartial enquiry into the nature of these vanishes, speculations are rife with the government and the separatists pointing fingers at each other.