Murder of Jalil Andrabi

Jalil Andrabi was a prominent Kashmiri human rights lawyer and pro independence political activist associated with the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). Andrabi was allegedly subjected to extrajudicial execution by Indian paramilitary troopers and renegades in March 1996. ^[1]

On 8 March 1996, Andrabi was detained in Srinagar by Major Avtar Singh, of the 35th Rashtriya Rifles unit of the Indian Army. Three weeks later, Andrabi's body was found floating in the Jhelum River; an autopsy showed that he had been killed days after his arrest. A case is pending adjudication in a Budgam court against Major Avtar Singh. ^{[1] [2]}

The murder of Jalil Andrabi

The body of 42 year old Andrabi, a human rights lawyer and pro-independence political activist associated with the JKLF, was found in the Kursu Rajbagh area of Srinagar on the banks of the Jhelum River on the morning of March 27, 1996. According to press reports, the body was in a burlap bag. According to eyewitnesses, Andrabi was detained at about 6:00 pm on March 8 by a Rashtriya Rifles unit of the army which intercepted his car a few hundred yards from his home in Srinagar. The officer allegedly responsible had fled the country and was wanted by the Indian government in relation to the killing. India had issued a warrant for his arrest and an interpol alert.^{[ citation needed ]}

Death of Avtar Singh

On 9 June 2012, Avtar Singh, 47, then living in Selma, California, ^[3] killed his wife, Hervinder Kaur, 36; and two of his three children, Jay Singh (aged 3) and Kinwaljeet "Aryan" Singh (aged 15). The eldest child, 17-year-old son Kanwarpal "Chris" Singh, suffered serious head injuries ^[4] with a handgun. He called police to admit the killings and then shot and killed himself. ^[5] and was taken off life support in Community Regional Medical Center at Selma and died on 14 June 2012. ^[6]

References

1. "National Human Rights Commission, Annual Report 2004-2005, Complaints Before the Commission, Case of Jalil Andrabi, (Case No. 9/123/95-LD)" (pdf). NHRC. 23 May 2006. p. 77/ para. 4.245. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
2. "India seeks return of accused soldier from US Tuesday". ABC Local. AP. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. India seeks return of accused soldier from US, abc30.com. Accessed 25 August 2025.
4. Jacob, Mariana (9 June 2012). "Selma man kills wife, 2 children, and himself". ABC Local.go.
5. Lupkin, Sydney (9 June 2012). "California Man Wanted for 1996 Murder Kills Family, Self". ABC World News.
6. Staff writer (25 June 2012). "15-Year-Old Son Shot in Selma Murder-Suicide Dies". indiawest.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.