[Still carrying a dagger stained with blood of innocent Kashmiri’s Mumma Kanna is now Padma Shri Mumma Kanna]
“This award has been given by New Delhi. They know my worth,” Ghulam Mohammad Mir alias Mumma Kanna the recipient of Padma Shri, the prestigious award given by the Government of India. Below is a summary of his superb track record.
· Police call Mir a “mukhbir (security force informer)” and a man with “below average reputation in the area.”
· In 2001, an FIR was filed against him and DIG BSF A K Mullick in an attempt to murder case. Police say they are waiting for the Home Department’s approval to file a chargesheet.
· He is accused of illegally occupying land in Magam while he ran a private militia and set up his band-saw mill. The case is pending.
· His name is linked to cases of alleged timber smuggling as well.
· Mir set up a private militia of surrendered militants. In fact, two of the most notorious militants-turned counter insurgents in Kashmir, Ghulam Ahmed Yatoo alias Amma Kana of Sultanpora, and Qasim Khar were part of his militia.
· Police officials said this group of counter-insurgents graduated to extortion and intimidation, too. According to police records, Mir came from a poor family of farmers which had no record of any “subversive” activity and he now owns “five concrete houses, seven shops, one vehicle and a band saw mill.” As many as 80 paramilitary personnel guard his house and mill.
[Due apologies to Mailik Sajad (Greater Kashmir cartoonist) for tweaking and using his cartoon without permission.]
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