SC turns down Tika Lal Taploo's son plea seeking SIT probe into 1990 Kashmiri Pandit genocide
The plea was filed by Ashutosh Taploo, whose father Tika Lal Taploo was killed by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorists at the time.
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New Delhi, Sept 19: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and killings in Jammu and Kashmir.
The plea was filed by Ashutosh Taploo, whose father Tika Lal Taploo was killed by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorists at the time. It is pertinent to mention Tika Lal Taploo, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit and BJP's former vice president, was gunned down by terrorists in Srinagar 33 years ago.
The killing of Taploo in 1989 triggered the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. His killing also was also followed by a series of target killings of Kashmiri Pandit leaders and activists in Kashmir. The apex court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea and seek other alternative remedial measures available in law.
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As reported earlier, an NGO ‘We the Citizens’ had also filed a plea seeking an SIT probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir between 1990 and 2003, which forced their exodus from the Valley.
The NGO also sought rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the top court said that the issues relating to rehabilitation is “purely in the domain of the executive” and asked the petitioner to first approach the Centre and the Union territory administration. It had directed the petitioner to withdraw his plea and to make a representation before the Centre on the plea.