Neelkanth Ganjoo

Neelkanth Ganjoo (died November 4, 1989) was a high court judge in Kashmir. In the late 1960s, as a sessions court judge, he had presided over the trial of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat in the murder of police inspector Amar Chand in 1966. In August 1968,[1] he sentenced Bhat and one other to death.[2] This sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1982.[3]

In 1984, after JKLF cadres in Britain murdered diplomat Ravindra Mhatre,[4] Bhat's execution was carried out in Tihar jail. The same year, some militants bombed Ganjoo's house.[5][6]

On November 4, 1989,[7] a group of three people surrounded Ganjoo as he was in the Hari Singh Street market[8] near the High Court in Srinagar. He was shot dead in broad daylight.

Ganjoo was among the early Kashmiri Pandits killed by terrorists in Kashmir.[9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ Gh. Rasool Bhat (2015). "Social Background and Political Ideology of Maqbool Bhat" (PDF). Research Directions.
  2. ↑ http://www.kashmirreader.com/1976-maqbool-bhat-arrested-in-langate/
  3. ↑ http://www.deathpenaltyindia.com/executedprisoners/maqbool-bhat/
  4. ↑ "BRITISH FIND THE BODY OF INDIAN DIPLOMAT WHO WAS ABDUCTED". The New York Times. 1984-02-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  5. ↑ Praveen Swami (2006). India, Pakistan and the secret jihad in Kashmir,. Routledge. p.157
  6. ↑ "Kashmir: Distortions and Reality by Dinanath Raina". ikashmir.net. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  7. ↑ "The Hindu : Speculation over judge's killing". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  8. ↑ "Media on a Fai ride | The Asian Age". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  9. ↑ "Kashmiri Pandits: The Forgotten Refugees - Fair Observer". Fair Observer. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  10. ↑ "Show is Over". www.kashmirlife.net. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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