The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court in Jammu on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 issued a fresh production warrant against JKLF chief Yasin Malik, as he again refused to cross examine the witnesses virtually in a case related to the killing of four Indian Air Force (IAF) officials in 1990 in Srinagar. Meanwhile, the court has decided to hear the case again on December 22, 2022.
“The court issued a fresh production warrant (against Malik). However, the CBI has already challenged the earlier (such) order before the Supreme Court (SC) because there are Ministry of Home Affairs directions and certain basis on which he (Malik) cannot be produced here,” CBI lawyer Monika Kohli.
Officials said Mr. Malik, who was produced before the court through a virtual mode, refused to cross examine the witnesses in the case.
Mr. Malik has refused to hire any lawyer and moved an application on the right to cross examination before the court. He has sought permission to be allowed to be physically present before the special court in Jammu to cross examine the witnesses in the IAF case.
Meanwhile, the TADA court has decided to hear the case again on December 22, 2022.
The court in 2020 framed the charges against all seven accused, including Malik, in the case related to the killing of four IAF officials, including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, in an attack in Srinagar on January 25, 1990.
Mr. Malik, who is lodged in the Tihar Jail, Delhi, Mr. Malik, was arrested in 2019 and his organisation JKLF was also banned in the same year. Earlier this year, Mr. Malik was convicted in a terror funding case and awarded with life imprisonment.
