Neelkanth Ganjoo

Neelkanth Ganjoo (killed on 4 November 1989) was a high court judge in Kashmir. In the late 1960s, as a sessions court judge, he had presided over the trial of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat in the murder of police inspector Amar Chand in 1966. In August 1968,[1] he sentenced Bhat and one other to death.[2] This sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1982.[3]

The Honourable Mr. Justice

Neelkanth Ganjoo
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Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
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DiedSrinagar

In 1984, after JKLF cadres in Britain murdered diplomat Ravindra Mhatre,[4] Bhat's execution was carried out in Tihar jail. The same year, some militants bombed Ganjoo's house.[5][6]

On 4 November 1989,[7] a group of three people surrounded Ganjoo as he was in the Hari Singh Street market and shot him dead.[8] near the High Court in Srinagar.

Ganjoo was among the early Kashmiri Pandits killed by terrorists in Kashmir.[9][10]

References
  1. Gh. Rasool Bhat (2015). "Social Background and Political Ideology of Maqbool Bhat" (PDF). Research Directions.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.deathpenaltyindia.com/executedprisoners/maqbool-bhat/
  4. "BRITISH FIND THE BODY OF INDIAN DIPLOMAT WHO WAS ABDUCTED". The New York Times. 6 February 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. Praveen Swami (2006). India, Pakistan and the secret jihad in Kashmir,. Routledge. p.157
  6. "Kashmir: Distortions and Reality by Dinanath Raina". ikashmir.net. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. "Speculation over judge's killing". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. "Media on a Fai ride | The Asian Age". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  9. "Kashmiri Pandits: The Forgotten Refugees - Fair Observer". Fair Observer. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  10. "Show is Over". www.kashmirlife.net. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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