JKLF chief Yasin Malik denies involvement in Kashmiri Pandit murder case, seeks death penalty
JKLF chief Yasin Malik has submitted an affidavit to a special court denying involvement in a 1990 murder case while simultaneously requesting the death penalty. He also announced the dissolution of his marriage, citing his long-term incarceration.
Why it matters
This development involves a high-profile separatist figure in a sensitive legal case, reflecting ongoing tensions and judicial processes in the Jammu and Kashmir region.
Jailed chief of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik , an accused in the murder of a Kashmiri Pandit woman, has submitted a detailed 25-page affidavit before a special court here, pleading not guilty but refusing to contest the case and asking for capital punishment.
He claimed that the charges
In the affidavit, 60-year-old Malik, who is lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail, also announced his decision to dissolve his marriage with his wife, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, citing his prolonged incarceration and inability to communicate with his family over the past eight years as he did not have any access to phone calls or video conferencing.
"Before I will be hanged, I have taken the decision to separate you from the bond of our Nikah," Malik wrote to his wife in the same affidavit and advised his daughter to call her grandparents every day for five minutes.
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