By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: After the brother of deceased trucker Zahid Rasool Bhat filed transfer application in the case pertaining the petrol bomb attack on his brother which led to his death; the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has passed directions to the Udhampur trial court not to pass any order in the case.
“The Public Prosecutor of the concerned court belonged to a particular group and was also being influenced accordingly by those having particular ideology which is different to the community to which the petitioner belongs. He also submitted that he has no faith in the Bar Association of Udhampur, for they are being influenced by particular group of people,” Ghulam Nabi, brother of deceased, wrote in the transfer application.
Justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir while hearing the plea sought objections from the government within one week.
Importantly, Zahid Rasool Bhat, one of the Kashmiri truckers immolated by a group of Hindu radicals in Udhampur last year had died after he succumbed to his injuries at New Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital. A resident of Batengo area of Khanabal near Srinagar-Jammu highway, Zahid had suffered 70% burn injuries with swollen respiratory system due to swallowing of fire flames.
The attack was in “fit of rage” over the recovery of carcasses of three cows in the same district during those days.
The police had arrested six people under the PSA and five other under the Explosives Substances Act.
Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir of J&K High Court, after hearing advocate Joyti Sharma for the petitioner and AAG WS Nagral for the State, directed the later to file objections within one week. The High Court also directed that trial court shall not pass any order till next date of hearing before the Bench.
(With inputs from CNS)
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