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Two IAF Eyewitnesses Identify Yasin Malik, Three Others in 1990 Srinagar Ambush

Fresh testimony advances the long-running TADA trial, with the next hearing scheduled for November 29.

Overview

  • The witnesses identified Yasin Malik as a shooter in the Rawalpora attack that killed four Indian Air Force personnel and injured 22 in 1990.
  • They also named Javed Mir, Muhammad Rafiq Pahloo (alias Saleem Nana Ji), and Shaukat Bakshi as co-accused during proceedings in the TADA court in Jammu.
  • The identifications were reaffirmed under cross-examination, and a third IAF staff member testified that Malik was the main shooter.
  • Malik participated via video link from Tihar Jail, where he is serving a life sentence in a separate UAPA case.
  • Prosecutors said they are seeking the maximum punishment in the 1990 case, which next returns to court on November 29.