India, June 29 -- The filing of a chargesheet by the Jammu and Kashmir Special Investigation Agency (SIA) in the 1990 abduction and murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat has brought renewed attention to one of the Valley's most haunting terror cases. Nearly 35 years after her killing, investigators have named five accused, including former Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) commander Yasin Malik, marking a major legal breakthrough in a case that became a symbol of targeted violence against Kashmiri Pandits during the early years of militancy.

Who was Sarla Bhat?

Sarla Bhat was a Kashmiri Pandit nurse from Anantnag district who worked at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar. Despite growing fea...