In a detailed affidavit before the Delhi High Court, jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has claimed that his political journey was deeply shaped by state-sanctioned engagement, secret meetings with Indian leaders, and even international assignments, only to end in what he calls “betrayal” after the abrogation of Article 370, Kashmir Times reported.

Malik, chairman of the banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), is serving a life term after being convicted in a terror-funding case by the NIA. The agency has appealed to enhance his sentence to death. In his affidavit, Malik says he accepts his fate “gleefully,” but insists the Indian state cannot deny its long-standing engagement with him.

Malik, in the affidavit, recounts being pulled into backchannel diplomacy in the

See Full Page