Yasin Malik to be produced in court via video-conferencing in IAF case

A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday adjourned hearing in the case of the killing of four IAF personnel in 1990 after Tihar Jail authorities expressed their inability to present main accused JKLF chief Yasin Malik in court due to security reasons. They posted the matter for October 23. Malik would now be presented before the court only on video-conferencing and through it, his examination would also be conducted.

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Jail authorities unable to present Malik

"A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) court adjourned the hearing and gave the next date of hearing on October 23", lawyers said. "Malik was to present before the court on Tuesday but the jail authorities expressed their inability to present him in court due to security reasons", they said.

Malik who heads the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) is accused of being involved in the killing of the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel in Kashmir.

On January 25, 1990, four IAF employees, including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna were killed by JKLF terrorists. Malik was chargesheeted by the CBI before the TADA court in Jammu on August 31, 1990, in the case. Malik has been arrested in a terror funding case by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.

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NIA charge sheet

In other developments, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is all set to file the second charge sheet in the terror funding case in a Delhi court on October 4. The charge sheet will be filed against JKLF (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) chief Yasin Malik, along with Asiya Andrabi and Masarat Alam. Yasin Malik was questioned by NIA for weeks together after he was brought to New Delhi earlier in April. NIA sources say that the charge sheet would unravel a larger conspiracy nailing the close links of the separatist leader with Pakistani agents. 

Furthermore, top sources have confirmed that a large part of the charge sheet, which in all likelihood would run over 1,000 pages, would be dedicated to the investigation carried on JKLF chief Yasin Malik.

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