Case Location

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84):

34.26028 N, 74.66234 E

Town/Region/Country:

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

Summary

Hajam Mohalla Overview: Hajam Mohalla, located within the Safapora area of 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 23 graves in Hajam Mohalla, with 16 classified as unnamed. No mass graves (more than two bodies) are specifically noted for this locality, suggesting each grave likely contains one or two bodies, totaling approximately 23 to 46 bodies, though the exact number is not clarified.

What Happened: Pattern of extrajudicial killings and fake encounters by Indian military and paramilitary forces during the Kashmir conflict (1990–2009). The high proportion of unnamed graves (16 out of 23) indicates a deliberate effort to conceal victim identities, likely to obscure accountability for conflict-related deaths. The village’s was affected by the same militarized counterinsurgency operations prevalent in the rest of Bandipora district of Indian Administered Kashmir. 

Individual Incident Locations

Potential location 1

o  34.26031 N, 74.66225 E

o Hajam Mohalla Graveyard, Safapora

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Main Graveyard in Hajam Mohalla in Safapora