Game Over For Yasin Malik? Witnesses Identify JKLF Leader As Main Shooter In IAF Personnel Killings

In a huge setback for Yasin Malik, the former Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) separatist leader, two key eyewitnesses testified against him in the 1990 killing of four Air Force officials. One of the witnesses reportedly even told Malik, "Except for your style of beard, you haven't changed much, and I have no difficulty recognising you as the main shooter."Testifying in a Jammu Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court, the witnesses identified Malik as the main shooter in the attack that killed four Air Force servicemen, including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, and wounded 22 others.The prime witness also identified three other accused - Showkat Bakshi, Nanna Ji and Javed Ahmad - as involved in the Sannat Nagar

shootout.The witness told the court that Nanna Ji had pointed an AK rifle at him, ready to fire.

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"He wanted to spray bullets, but I changed my position and saved myself," the witness said, according to NDTV report."It was only the next day that we learnt four of the injured officials had succumbed to their injuries," the witness added, highlighting the traumatic aftermath of the attack.Malik is currently serving a life sentence in Delhi's Tihar Jail in a terror funding case.The next hearing is scheduled for November 29.The case has brought some closure to the families of the victims after 35 years. The prosecution is being led by SK Bhat.