Jammu, June 28 -- Jailed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik is likely to face fresh legal trouble as the State Investigation Agency (SIA) is set to file a chargesheet in the 1990 abduction and murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, marking another major development in the reopening of one of the Valley's most high-profile terror-era cases.
According to official sources, the SIA has completed its investigation into the 36-year-old case and is expected to file the chargesheet before a trial court in Srinagar next week. The investigation was reopened on the directions of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who in August 2025 ordered a fresh probe into the kidnapping and killing of the nurse.
Sarla Bhat, a 27-year-o...