2nd 'key witness' identifies Yasin Malik as 'main shooter' in 1990 IAF killings

JAMMU: A 2nd "key eyewitness" has identified successful tribunal jailed Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik arsenic the "main shooter" successful the 1990 violent onslaught successful which 4 unarmed IAF unit waiting for a unit autobus successful Srinagar were killed and 22 others wounded, officials revealed connected Sunday.The unnamed witness's grounds successful a TADA tribunal successful Jammu past Friday comes 22 months aft a retired IAF workfellow of the victims archetypal identified Malik, main of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), arsenic the main equipped assailant.He was contiguous successful tribunal erstwhile the 2nd witnesser backed his grounds astatine the trial.Besides Malik, serving a beingness condemnation successful Tihar since May 2022 successful a panic backing case, some witnesses identified his 3 alleged accomplices successful beforehand of the TADA justice arsenic the perpetrators of the Jan 25, 1990, onslaught astatine Rawalpora connected the outskirts of the J&K capital.Officials quoted the 2nd eyewitness arsenic testifying that 1 of the different arrested men, Nana Ji, trained an AK-47 firearm connected him and was astir to occurrence earlier turning away.Both Malik and Nana Ji attended the proceedings done video-conferencing, arsenic ordered by Supreme Court, portion the different 2 accused – Shaukat Bakshi and Javed Mir – were contiguous successful the courtroom, peculiar nationalist authoritative Monika Kohli said.On April 4, SC denied Malik's petition to beryllium taken to the Jammu court, citing information reasons. The tribunal allowed him to cross-examine witnesses via video-conferencing.The adjacent proceeding of the lawsuit is scheduled for November 29.