"For well over three decades, Yasin Malik has held the reputation of a top-ranked pro-freedom leader from Indian-administered Kashmir. A leader who became synonymous with the armed struggle that broke out in Kashmir seeking independence from India in the late 1980s, then turned to the advocacy of peaceful, nonviolent resistance, Malik is currently serving a life sentence in a New Delhi jail."
"A villain in the eyes of many in the Indian security services and the country's strategic establishment, Malik has also been distrusted by Pakistan, which New Delhi has long accused of supporting armed violence in Kashmir. But a sensational affidavit that the 59-year-old filed in the Delhi High Court in late August has gripped India over the past weeks because of a series of sensational claims that it makes and that former Indian officials and analysts say might have at least some element of truth in them."
Yasin Malik built a decades-long profile as a pro-freedom Kashmiri leader who moved from armed struggle to advocating nonviolent resistance and now serves a life sentence in New Delhi. He filed an 84-page affidavit asserting long-term engagement with top Indian authorities since the 1990s aimed at resolving the Kashmir conflict. Malik says he met multiple Indian prime ministers, federal ministers, intelligence chiefs, RSS members, and Hindu religious seers. The affidavit raises the question whether Malik operated as an Indian intelligence asset and challenges prevailing narratives about his separatist journey and state engagement with the rebellion.
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