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  • Posts Tagged ‘police’

    No Inputs About Militant Threat to Amarnath Pilgrimage

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    Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, June 19: The government of Jammu and Kashmir has received no inputs from state or central intelligence agencies about militant attacks on the Hindu Amarnath pilgrimage, highly placed sources say. The army recently said that they had received information about militants planning to disrupt the Yatra, one of the holiest pilgrimages for Hindus of the country. Today, the state's Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah chaired a meeting of the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) where he was...

    Posted 1 day ago

    Kashmir Police Opposes Bail Plea of 'Rapist Dervish'

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     Ishfaq Tantry SRINAGAR: The police has opposed the bail plea of fake dervish Gulzar, who was arrested on charges of raping minor girls last month, saying his release may hinder the arrest of other accused in the case. The police in its report submitted to the court stated that Gulzar used to “hypnotise” his victims and would play a music player loudly in his “Hujra-e-Pak” (special room) so that nobody outside was able to hear cries of the girls, whom he used to rape. Gulzar...

    Posted 4 days ago.

    Militancy Graph in Kashmir: Army, Police Seldom on Same Page

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    “To score brownie points, there had always been reluctance on the part of the two organisations (Army and police) on sharing intelligence inputs,” Ravi Krishnan Khajuria JAMMU: Despite the Unified Headquarters in place to synergise the fight against the Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in the state, complete harmony between the Army and the police remains elusive when it comes to microscopic details. There are discrepancies...

    Posted 4 days ago.

    Music Hits High Notes in Kashmir

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    Muzaffar Raina SRINAGAR: Music-makers are making themselves heard in Kashmir again, months after its only all-girls rock band was silenced. The Dal lake banks will tomorrow host the grand finale of Choona Hai Asman, a musical talent hunt in which a lakh young competitors, half of them girls, participated in the past three months. The event is significant for two reasons: one, it has been organised by Jammu and Kashmir police who are hated by many for killings and atrocities; two, it comes...

    Posted 5 days ago.

    SPO Arrested, for Molesting Mentally-Sick Girl in Jammu Kashmir

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    JAMMU: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was arrested while departmental inquiry has been initiated against two other cops for allegedly molesting a mentally-sick girl in Hiranagar area of Kathua district. "The SPO identified as Raj Kumar of village Chappad, was arrested while inquiry has been initiated against another SPO Naresh and Head Constable Sardari Lal, all posted in Hiranagar police station for allegedly molesting a girl last evening in Dayalachak area of Hiranagar," a police official here said. He said the...

    Posted 7 days ago.

    Kashmir Police Confirm Army’s 'Timber Smuggling', Deny Reports of Clash

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    SRINAGAR: There was no face off between the Army and the Police as reported by media over “illegal felling” of an unknown number of green conifer trees in Kashmir’s northern district of Kupwara, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. "There was a report in some sections of the media about Police intercepting a vehicle of TA (Territorial Army) carrying timber. The case is being investigated by Kupwara police," a police statement said. "However, the report is not fully true as there was no face off between the Army...

    Posted 8 days ago.

    Militant Killed in South Kashmir Shootout

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    SRINAGAR:  The 10-hour-long operation in south Kashmir district of Pulwama ended this morning with the killing of a commander of Lashkar-e- Toiba (LeT), a wanted militant involved in several militancy incidents. Two personnel of the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police were also wounded in the encounter, official sources said. There was only one militant who was killed late last night, they said, adding that the area remained under cordon...

    Posted 9 days ago.

    Police, Army Differ on Infiltration Figures in Kashmir

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    Majid Jahangir SRINAGAR: While the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) is yet to come out with figures on infiltration of militants from Pakistan this year, there is a discrepancy between the figures put forth by the police and the Army about the number of militants who had infiltrated into Kashmir. Sources said while the J&K police had put forth the number of such militants to nearly two dozen to the MAC, the Army did not agree to these figures. “The Army does not accept that five foreign...

    Posted 11 days ago.

    Police Officer in Kashmir ‘Killed Rebels For Cash’

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    Robin Pagnamenta                              NEW DELHI: A decorated police officer in Indian-administered Kashmir has been accused of secretly organising militants to attack fellow officers — then killing or capturing the attackers to collect rewards. Shiv Kumar, an Indian sub-inspector credited with killing 68 separatist fighters over the past 15 years, for which he received bonuses and promotions, has been arrested with his bodyguard. He has been accused of persuading...

    Posted 14 days ago.

    BJP Backs Arrested Kashmir's 'Encounter Specialist' Cop

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    JAMMU: The arrest of the decorated Sub-Inspector Shiv Krishan Sharma, alias Sonu, for his alleged links with militants has snowballed into a political controversy as the BJP today came out openly in support of the counter-insurgency specialist, alleging that he was falsely implicated to sabotage a well-knit strategy to track down a dreaded LeT militant. The BJP has decided to rake up his arrest at the state as well as national level to expose the alleged pro-separatist policy of the National Conference-Congress...

    Posted 14 days ago.