2001 Kot Charwal massacre was the killing of 15 ethnic-Bakarwals by Islamic militants in the village of Chalwalkote, in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 9 February 2001.
The militants suspected the villagers to be informants for Indian Army.
Then they lobbed a grenade inside before setting the house on fire.
[5] Of the 15 charred bodies which were recovered seven were of children, the youngest one being only four years old.
[6] Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah condemned the killings.