JAMMU, May 16: NHRC Chairman and former Chief
Justice of India, Justice Adarsh Sein Anand and his special rapporteur,
Chaman Lal visited Jammu to take stock of the serious human rights
violations complaints made by displaced Kashmiri Hindus against the state
government. The special rapporteur visited Muthi, Purkhoo and Mishriwala
camps today. The displaced people complained about inhuman conditions in
migrant camps, inadequate educational and medical care, non-granting of
ex-gratia for burnt houses and non-payment of rent of the houses that have
been occupied by security forces in the Valley.
The refugees told NHRC that there was a conspiracy
to elbow out Pandits from the State government service and Pandit youth
were not being given employment in state government sector. The displaced
people charged that Relief and Revenue Ministry was indifferent to their
problems, which included relief enhancement, division of ration cards and
new registration.
Regarding the disappearance cases in the Valley,
Justice Anand said, "we would also like to know how many Kashmiri
Pandits have disappeared so far. The disappearance cases and problems of
the Kashmiri Pandit refugees, he said, were the two crucial issues that
concerned the NHRC at the moment. It may be recalled that there are many
Kashmiri Pandits, who have been declared dead but their dead bodies were
never traced. These include two people in Tangmarg-Mirgund, two in
Baramulla, one in Kupwara, besides others.
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