Updated: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:50 (IST) During the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s, nurse Sarla Bhatt was killed by terrorists after she was kidnapped and gang-raped. After 35 years, Jammu and Kashmir…read more Sarla Bhatta File Photo (Jagran) Digital Desk, Srinagar. 1990s… the period when terror, violence and brutality started mixing in the atmosphere of Kashmir. It was the same time when Kashmiri Pandits were being tortured. Even today, Kashmiris have not been able to forget the wounds of the brutality of that period. At that time Kashmiri Pandits were being selectively killed. He was forced to leave everything and flee. The nineties were a black spot in the history of Kashmir, the memory of which even today still shudders the soul. There are many painful stories of the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits, one of which includes that of Sarla Bhatt, who has become a symbol of this tragedy. But now the layers of this case are about to be revealed… Remove Ads Only Read the news Actually, the cases of massacre of Kashmiri Hindus and terrorist violence, which were buried in the files in Kashmir for decades, will not remain unsolved anymore. New investigation into terrorist cases has been started. Files of about 15 cases were opened and arrest of the accused was also started. It also includes the case of nurse Sarla Bhatt, whose investigation has been restarted. Who was Sarla Bhatt? Sarla Bhatt was a 27-year-old nurse who lived in Anantnag, Kashmir. In the early 1990s, when terrorists asked Kashmiri Pandits to leave their jobs and Kashmir, Sarla refused. Sarla openly challenged the terrorists. After which the terrorists kidnapped Sarla and after gang-rape she brutally shot her dead. A note was also left near Sarla’s body in which Sarla was described as a police informant. At the time of Sarla’s murder, militancy in Kashmir was at its peak. Even after the murder of Sarala Bhatt, her family was threatened and warned not to attend her funeral. The FIR (56/1990) of this case is still registered in the Nigeen Police Station. But no action was taken on this for decades. Now the administration has come into active mode regarding this matter. Last year this case was taken over by NIA after which the houses of many terrorists including Yasin Malik were raided. Files of many cases will be opened. Kidnapping and brutal killing of Kashmiri Hindu nurse Sarla Bhatt in Srinagar in 1990. Firing on security forces in Srinagar in 1996. Killing of seven Kashmiri Hindus in the Sangrampora (Budgam) massacre in 1997. Massacre of 23 Bandebal in Kashmiri (1988). 1990, in Anantnag, famous poet Sarbananda Kaul Premi and his son were kidnapped, hanged from a tree and killed by shooting them on the forehead. Files of about 15 cases were opened and arrest of the accused was also started. According to sources, all the police station charges in Kashmir have been asked to investigate the pending terror cases and prepare reports and arrest the wanted elements. In these cases, orders were given to monitor the activities of the accused who were released on bail and if necessary take action to cancel the bail.