“Bijbehara massacre was gruesome. BSF firing on innocent civilians was unjustified. Most unfortunate part was that police lied about the incident and claimed that BSF fired upon protesters in self-defence while the fact was that BSF butchered protesters without any justification,” Wajahat Habibullah who was the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir in 1993 told news agency CNS adding that he tried his best to persuade Government of India to prosecute the BSF men responsible for the gory massacre.“I was told that some men responsible for the act have been punished but information was never made to public. When I insisted that information should be made public about the court of inquiry I was told that it will go against the interest of national security,” he said and added that it is an open fact that killers were not punished even though Justice Ranganathan Mishra and Justice Verma had vehemently pitched for the prosecution of guilty BSF men,” he said.Pertinently, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from 74th Battalion had killed 51 peaceful protestors in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on 22 October 1993 when they were protesting against Hazratbal siege.Wajahat Habibullah said that it was a fabricate lie on part of police that shortly after the massacre claimed that BSF men fired in self defence after militants attacked them. “I being the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir at that time visited the spot and found that no militant had fired upon the BSF men. It was a blatant lie,” he said. (CNS)