Centre to reopen Bitta Karate's case after expose on Pak links

New Delhi, May 24: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) militant Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate who openly admitted on Television creating anarchy in Kashmir Valley at the behest of Pakistan, the Narendra Modi government today said they will reopen the files of the Kashmiri separatist..

The Ministry of Home Affairs has been asked to re-examine the acquittal of the man who came to be called the “Butcher of Pandits”.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir informed that the government is committed to ensure justice for Kashmiri Pandits and the case is being looked at afresh after media reports.

Government sources say they will also explore the possibility of filing a review petition in the Supreme Court.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the transfer of funds to some separatist leaders in Kashmir and have questioned Karate.

While giving bail to Bitta Karate in 2006, Justice Wani of the TADA Court had remarked that the charges against the accused were serious to warrant death sentence or life imprisonment but the prosecution showed total disinterest in the case.

Now, 10 years later the Karate files are being reopened as the chorus of justice is getting louder by the day.