Batmohalla Sumbal

Suspected Time of Incident

Local Time and Date: 00:00hrs. From 1990 to 2009

GMT/Zulu Time and Date: 00:00hrs From 1990 to 2009

Case Location

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84):

34.23052 N, 74.64752 E

Town/Region/Country:

Sumbal, Bandipora, Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir, Disputed Territory

Summary

Batmohalla Sumbal Overview: Batmohalla Sumbal, a village in Bandipora District, was investigated in the "Buried Evidence: Unknown, Unmarked, and Mass Graves in Indian-Administered Kashmir" report, published in December 2009 by the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir. The report, based on investigations from November 2006 to November 2009, documents 30 graves in Batmohalla Sumbal, with 19 unnamed at the time of the initial investigation and 6 unnamed during further checks. Notably, Batmohalla Sumbal is the only village in Bandipora with graves reporting 2 graves, each containing 3 bodies, totaling 6 bodies.

What Happened: The report does not detail specific incidents for Batmohalla Sumbal, but the presence of mass graves suggests targeted killings, likely extrajudicial executions or fake encounters by Indian military and paramilitary forces during the Kashmir conflict (1990–2009). The high number of unnamed graves (19 out of 30) indicates deliberate concealment of victim identities, a common practice to avoid accountability for conflict-related deaths.