Shafaqna Pakistan: Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik has expressed a lack of faith in the Indian judicial system, saying he does not expect justice from the courts and is prepared to accept even the death penalty over the Kashmir issue.
Malik submitted a 25-page affidavit before a Srinagar court, stating that he would no longer contest the case and was leaving the matter to God. He alleged that the Indian government had fabricated the case against him as part of an effort to secure his execution, 36 years after the alleged events.
He also categorically denied any involvement in the 1990 murder of Kashmiri Pandit woman Sarla Bhat. Malik argued that he could not have planned or ordered the killing because he had been injured 11 days before Bhat’s murder.
He wrote that he decided not to fight the case further in protest against political revenge. Accepting a court sentence does not mean admitting guilt.
Malik also challenged the basis on which he was linked to the case, referring to an alleged Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) note reportedly recovered near Bhat’s body.
In his affidavit, Malik alleged that Indian investigative agencies had asked him to develop relations with Pakistan but later used the matter as evidence against him.
He maintained that the proceedings were politically motivated and said he did not expect a fair trial from the Indian judicial system.
Indian forces arrested Malik in Srinagar on April 10, 2019. He was subsequently accused of involvement in the alleged abduction and murder of a nurse in 1990.
Source: Dunya News
