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Fourteen years ago, Jana Begum had three sons. One fell to army bullets, she says, while another disappeared after his arrest by Border Security Force (BSF) jawans stationed at Batergam, but not in that order.
First came the arrest and the subsequent disappearance of Ghulam Nabi Magray, who was then 19 years old. That was on January 3, 1993. Older brother Ghulam Hassan was killed in an encounter later.
Jana Begum says she had no regrets about Hassan's killing as he was a militant. He was associated with the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen. But she is angry about the disappearance of Magray, who used to pull a cart to earn for the large family, which had eight female members besides her youngest son, Nazir Ahmed, who was only six years old when Magray was arrested.
Magray was returning home after day's hard work when he was arrested.
It was during the family's search for Magray that Ghulam Hassan was killed in an encounter with the army. "I have lost two of my sons, and have no regrets about my oldest son. He was a militant," says Jana Begum. "But what was the fault of my other son?"
"He had nothing to do with militancy and had no political affiliations," she says.
The old and frail Jana Begum, who lives in a mud house, has no hope of Magray ever returning. She believes he was killed in custody. "I have the firm belief that my son was killed in BSF custody and his body dumped into some stream," she says.
Her youngest son Nazir sees a reason behind the "disappearance". "His only fault was that he was brother of a militant. As the BSF could not arrest my older brother, they arrested Nabi instead," says Nazir. Immediately after the arrest, the family, along with local villagers, approached officials of the BSF camp "where he was detained". "Officers at Batergam camp assured them that he will be released within three days," says Nazir. "It's now 14 years since the arrest. We have no news of him. I think he was killed soon after his arrest," adds Nazir.
All his mother now wants is justice. "I want all those BSF men who killed my son in custody for no reason to be punished," says Begum.
Fearing reprisals, the poverty stricken family had decided not to lodge a case with police or file a report with human rights groups. "After the disappearance of my son and killing of the other, I didn't want to lose my remaining son and gave up the case," says Begum. The family has no faith in the police or state administration.
"We are poor people and nobody speaks for the downtrodden. But I have full faith in the Almighty. The BSF personnel responsible for disappearance of my son will meet with the same fate," says Begum.
Fourteen years ago, Jana Begum had three sons. One fell to army bullets, she says, while another disappeared after his arrest by Border Security Force (BSF) jawans stationed at Batergam, but not in that order.
First came the arrest and the subsequent disappearance of Ghulam Nabi Magray, who was then 19 years old. That was on January 3, 1993. Older brother Ghulam Hassan was killed in an encounter later.
Jana Begum says she had no regrets about Hassan's killing as he was a militant. He was associated with the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen. But she is angry about the disappearance of Magray, who used to pull a cart to earn for the large family, which had eight female members besides her youngest son, Nazir Ahmed, who was only six years old when Magray was arrested.
Magray was returning home after day's hard work when he was arrested.
It was during the family's search for Magray that Ghulam Hassan was killed in an encounter with the army. "I have lost two of my sons, and have no regrets about my oldest son. He was a militant," says Jana Begum. "But what was the fault of my other son?"
"He had nothing to do with militancy and had no political affiliations," she says.
The old and frail Jana Begum, who lives in a mud house, has no hope of Magray ever returning. She believes he was killed in custody. "I have the firm belief that my son was killed in BSF custody and his body dumped into some stream," she says.
Her youngest son Nazir sees a reason behind the "disappearance". "His only fault was that he was brother of a militant. As the BSF could not arrest my older brother, they arrested Nabi instead," says Nazir. Immediately after the arrest, the family, along with local villagers, approached officials of the BSF camp "where he was detained". "Officers at Batergam camp assured them that he will be released within three days," says Nazir. "It's now 14 years since the arrest. We have no news of him. I think he was killed soon after his arrest," adds Nazir.
All his mother now wants is justice. "I want all those BSF men who killed my son in custody for no reason to be punished," says Begum.
Fearing reprisals, the poverty stricken family had decided not to lodge a case with police or file a report with human rights groups. "After the disappearance of my son and killing of the other, I didn't want to lose my remaining son and gave up the case," says Begum. The family has no faith in the police or state administration.
"We are poor people and nobody speaks for the downtrodden. But I have full faith in the Almighty. The BSF personnel responsible for disappearance of my son will meet with the same fate," says Begum.
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