Over 2000 bodies found in unmarked graves in JK

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New Delhi: More than 2,000 corpses have been found buried in several unmarked graves in Kashmir, believed to be victims of the divided region’s separatist’s revolt, a government human rights commission said in a report. These graves were found in the villages situated near the Line of Control, which divides India from Pakistan.

When the team of human rights commission visited 38 villages of north Kashmir, there were almost 2, 156 unmarked graves. This report has been prepared by the Indian government’s Jammu & Kashmir States Human Rights Commission. The report released on Saturday comes after a three-year inquiry by an 11-member team led by a senior police official.

Nearly 50,000 people have been killed in mainly Muslim Kashmir since a revolution against New Delhi’s rule began in 1989. On Saturday, Indian soldier shot dead 12 nationalist militants trying to cross from Pakistan into the disputed region. Indian security forces in Kashmir have been accused of killing innocent civilians in staged gun battles and passing them off as separatist militants to earn rewards and promotions.

Indian authorities have consistently denied systematic human rights violations in Kashmir and say they investigate all such reports and punish the guilty. The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), which estimates around 10,000 people went missing during nearly two decades of separatist upheaval, says many missing people may have ended up in these unmarked graves. "We appeal to International Human Rights groups and Indian authorities to identify the people buried," said Parveena Ahanger, founder and chairperson of the APDP. International human rights groups have also constantly asked the Indian authorities to investigate the unmarked graves.

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