Nearly 35 years after Sarla Bhat's tragic rape-murder, J&K's SIA has prepared a 737-page chargesheet naming JKLF chief Yasin Malik and others for the crime.
Reports state Malik has been identified as a key player in planning and carrying out the crime
Jun 29, 2026
11:06 am
What's the storyThe State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir is set to file a 737-page chargesheet in the Sarla Bhat case.
The chargesheet names Mohammad Yasin Malik, the chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), along with other accused, India Today reported.
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Sarla Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit nurse abducted and killed in 1990, is the subject of a 737-page charge sheet filed by the SIA in…
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Yasin Malik and four others named in a chargesheet for the 1990 murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sarla Bhat.
He was named by India’s State Investigation Agency as one of five men charge sheeted for the killing of Sarla Bhat.
