Wandhama Massacre Back Under Scanner as J&K Revisits Militancy-Era Crimes
What Happened
J&K's State Investigation Agency has reopened the 1998 Wandhama massacre case, seeking fresh leads in the killing of 23 Kashmiri Pandits as part of a wider push to resolve decades-old militancy-era crimes.
Key Takeaways
The revived probe is part of a broader effort to revisit unresolved militancy-era killings in Kashmir. Along with the Wandhama case, authorities are intensifying investigations into the killings of Kashmiri Pandit leader Tika Lal Taploo, Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo, and other long-pending cases that remained unsolved for decades.