Key Takeaways
- SIA conducts raids at multiple locations in Srinagar in connection with the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit nurse
- The case, initially registered at Nigeen Police Station, is now being investigated by the State Investigation Agency
- Eight places in Srinagar were raided by the SIA in connection with the killing of the Kashmiri Pandit nurse
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday carried out raids at over half a dozen locations in Srinagar district in connection with the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit nurse in the early 1990s, officials said.
The JKLF commanders, some of whom are deceased or in jail, had their residences searched by the SIA. Officials confirmed that the searches were conducted at eight places in Srinagar.
They said nurse Sarla Bhat was abducted in the early 1990s, and her bullet-riddled body was recovered the next day from the Soura area of Srinagar. The case, initially registered at Nigeen Police Station, is now being investigated by the SIA.
Officials said the raids were underway at eight places in Srinagar.
