SIA reopens probe into 1998 massacre of 23 Kashmiri Pandits in Ganderbal

SIA reopens 1998 Wandhama massacre probe, steps up investigation into Kashmiri Pandit killingsSRINAGAR: J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) has reopened the investigation into the 1998 Wandhama massacre of 23 people as part of a wider push to probe the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the peak of militancy in the Valley.According to sources, SIA has also started a probe into the killings of prominent Kashmiri Pandit advocate-politician Tika Lal Taploo and Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo.On Jan 25, 1998, armed terrorists entered the homes of Kashmiri Pandit families in Wandhama village of Ganderbal district and gunned down 23 people. The case still remains unresolved, but SIA sources in said it will see “substantial progress soon”.Officials said SIA has undertaken a focused and comprehensive i