Justice Sachar asks govt to unravel truth behind unmarked graves in J&K

Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Rajinder Sachar today described as "horrible" the discovery of unmarked mass graves in Kashmir, and asked the government to devise a mechanism to unravel the truth behind them.

"This episode is horrible and calls for persecution of those responsible for it. It is a failure of the total system that there are mass graves in Kashmir and nothing is being done," Sachar said speaking at a public discussion organised by a civil rights group in the capital.

The issue of unmarked mass graves has become a major political issue in the state with the opposition demanding a proper investigation into it.

Sachar said a serious mechanism needs to be formed to find out the truth behind the discovery.

At the discussion titled 'the mystery of disappearances and discovery of mass graves', spokesperson of International Tribunal on Human Rights in Kashmir, Khurram Parvaiz, claimed that unmarked graves were present throughout the state.

"More than 8,000 people have disappeared over last two decades. The SHRC has ample evidence that these graves belonged to locals," Parvaiz said.

Earlier, social activist Gautam Navlakha told PTI that the appeal by the J&K State Human Rights Commission to the state Government to reopen the Kunaposhpora mass rape case was a welcome step.

"Better late than never," he said.