2006 Doda massacre

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2006 Doda Massacre refers to the massacre of 35 Hindu civilians by terrorists in Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir on 30 April 2006.

Background[]

Prior incidents like the Wandhama massacre had forced majority of Hindu population of Kashmir valley to leave the area and seek refuge in Jammu and elsewhere. Doda, Jammu and Kashmir's second largest district, had the highest concentration of militants in the state-an estimated 200 out of total 1,500 who were active throughout the state.[1]

The Attack[]

Two separate attacks took place that day in neighbouring areas. In the first attack twenty two unarmed Hindu villagers, mostly shepherds or their families, were lined up and gunned down by terrorists in Thawa village in Kulhand area of Doda district on the night of 30 April 2006.[2] The victims included a 3-year-old girl.[3] 10–12 militants wearing army uniforms perpetrated the massacre. The doctor who was sent to do the post mortem examination suffered a heart attack on seeing the bodies and was admitted to the hospital.[4]

The second attack in the neighbouring Lalon Galla village in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, 35 Hindu shepherds kidnapped by suspected terrorists were shot dead on the same day.[3]

Aftermath[]

The attacks were an attempt to derail the upcoming talks between Indian government and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.[5] India blamed Pakistan based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and called it "cross border terrorism".[6]

The killings received widespread condemnation, including from President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Bharatiya Janata Party accused the terrorists of carrying out ethnic cleansing.[7]

In 2007, Australian government in declaring Lashkar-e-Taiba a Terrorist organisation attributed this massacre to it.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Hussain, Aijaz (15 May 2006). "The Doda Deathtrap". India Today. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "34 killed in held Kashmir". Dawn. Agence France-Presse. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b Swami, Praveen; Puri, Luv (2 May 2006). "Serial terror strikes claim 35 lives in Doda and Udhampur". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ Sharma, S. P. (2 May 2006). "22 Hindus massacred in Doda". The Tribune. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Militants massacre 34 Hindus in Indian Kashmir". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Agence France-Presse. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ "'Militants' kill Kashmir Hindus". BBC News. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ Special Correspondent (2 May 2006). "Doda massacre part of ethnic cleansing: BJP". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. ^ "CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2007 (NO. 12) (SLI NO 267 OF 2007)". Australasian Legal Information Institute. UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

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