A Man Drunk with Power
Srinagar, June 10: Avtar Singh was posted in uptown Srinagar as Major in Unit 35 of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR). Was known with the epithet of Bulbul. Journalists from that time thought he was a tyrant and a man drunk with power. Singh was involved in counterinsurgency operations but, in the spring of 1996, Singh is believed to have tortured and murdered Jaleel Andrabi, a prominent lawyer and rights activist.... 