Wani was the one responsible for transporting Bitta Karate and others to Pakistan for terrorist training. He was later slain in an altercation.
Digital Desk: A name that still instils terror in the minds of the Kashmiri pandits and 31 years later, he acknowledged to killing "more than 20" Kashmiri Pandits or "perhaps more than 30-40" in 1990. Farooq Ahmed Dar, also known as Bitta Karate, will stand trial for the murder of Satish Tickoo, a local businessman and close friend of Karate's.
Tickoo's family has filed a petition at the Srinagar Sessions Court, which will be heard on Wednesday at 10.30 a.m. by counsel Utsav Bains and activist Vikas Raina.
Karate, who has led the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) for years, rose to prominence after the film 'Kashmir Files' showed his participation in the systematic massacres of Kashmiri Pandits, a "feat" he acknowledged to on video. When given the option of "raliv, galiv, or chaliv" (convert, die, or leave), dozens of Kashmiri Pandits were slain, and tens of thousands left the Kashmir Valley, abandoning the life they had always known.
The targeted killing of Kashmiri Pandits began in January 1990, shortly after the kidnapping of then-Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter Rubaiya, which resulted in the release of feared militants. Bitta Karate oversaw the genocide until his arrest in June 1990.
In 1991, while in custody, he gave an interview in which he stated that he became a terrorist "because I was persecuted by the local authority." He also acknowledged to killing "more than 20" Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, or "perhaps more than 30-40."
Karate insisted that he did not murder "innocent people," instead following "orders from high" from JKLF top commander Ashfaq Majeed Wani. Wani was the one responsible for transporting Bitta Karate and others to Pakistan for terrorist training. He was later slain in an altercation.
Satish Kumar Tickoo was Karate's first victim, and he "received orders from above to kill him." He was a Hindu kid." Karate is accused of killing 42 people before being apprehended. "I used a handgun to kill from a distance of 20 or 30 yards," he explained. I also fired AK-47 rifles at security guards on occasion."
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