Chargesheet names Yasin Malik mastermind in 1990 Sarla Bhat killing by JKLF terrorists.

The SIA has filed a chargesheet in the 1990 abduction and murder of nurse Sarla Bhat, naming five accused including Yasin Malik. The move revives a case that came to symbolise violence against Kashmiri Pandits and a long wait for accountability.

Yasin Malik and four others named in a chargesheet for the 1990 murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sarla Bhat.

A 737-page chargesheet filed in the 1990 kidnapping and murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat cites protected witnesses, forensics and an old interview of former JKLF terrorist Bitta Karate. The prosecution says the material links the killing to an organised JKLF terror campaign.

The SIA is set to file a 737-page chargesheet in the 1990 abduction and killing of Sarla Bhat. The case names Mohammad Yasin Malik and others, reviving a long-pending terror prosecution.