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Month: May 2019

Encounter Rages in Kashmir’s Kulgam

Encounter Rages in Kashmir’s Kulgam

KULGAM
May 29 An encounter has raged  between militants and Government forces at Tarzoo area of in Mohammad pora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat  that a team of 9 RR, jammu kashmir police and 18 BN of CRPF was fired upon by Militants in the Mohammad pora area, after which the Army retaliated to the firing. The Forces retaliated and the exchange of fire triggering an encounter, Officials told The Kashmiriyat that two to three Militants are believed to be trapped at the site of the encounter, while the firing at the encounter site is still going on. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the firing started around 0400 AM. Meanwhile Internet Services have been snapped in Kulgam district of South Kashmir Details emerging. (The Kashmiriyat)
Gunshots Heard During CASO in Kulgam

Gunshots Heard During CASO in Kulgam

KULGAM
May 29 A few Gunshots have been heard during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Zangalpora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District. Reports reaching to The Kashmiriyat said that a joint team of Army RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) the area. A police Source Confirmed the incident and said that the cordon was launched following inputs about the Movement of some suspected militants. The searches operation was underway in the village when this report was last filed.
Muslims Must stop eating Meat, Or We Will Take Law into Our own Hands- BJP Member threatens UP Police

Muslims Must stop eating Meat, Or We Will Take Law into Our own Hands- BJP Member threatens UP Police

INDIA
May 29 The former Mayor of Aligarh and  BJP Member on Tuesday threatened to take law into her own hands after a few self-appointed ‘cow vigilantes’ stopped a vehicle allegedly carrying ‘beef’ to Aligarh. In a video of the incident, the former BJP mayor can be heard warning the Uttar Pradesh police officers that people would “do what they want” if the instances of cow slaughter are not immediately curbed. Shakuntala even urged her cadres to thrash those who are purportedly involved in cow slaughter. In a series of highly objectionable comments, Bharati mocked the Rozedars, criticising them for consuming meat even as they keep fasts during the holy month. The comments were caught on camera. Bharati told senior police officials, “This is not a Samajwadi Party govt, this is a BJ...
Unknown Gunmen fire at Civilian in Sopore

Unknown Gunmen fire at Civilian in Sopore

REGIONAL
May 28 Shabir Khan Unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening shot a civilian in Zaloora area of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that unknown gunmen injured a civilian by firing at him in Sopore area. The injured man was rushed to SDH Handwara where he is being treated. Hospitak officials confirmed his identity as Feroz Ahmed Gojri, a resident of Zaloora in Sopore. The forces immediately reached the spot and laid a siege around the area. Details emerging.
Thousands Gather for funeral of Slain Militant in Islamabad (Anantnag)

Thousands Gather for funeral of Slain Militant in Islamabad (Anantnag)

KULGAM
April 25 Suhail Dar People from nooks and corners despite strict restrictions imposed in the Islamabad (anantnag) township have flooded the KP road area of this South Kashmir township to offer the funeral prayers of the slain Militant Faisal Nazir. From Shopian, Kulgam too, people have gathered here in large numbers amid intense pro Independence and Anti India sloganeering in the ground where Faisal's body lay. At around 7:30 PM, the body of Faisal reached his home where his mother and father, Nazir Ahmed who is a Policeman burst into tears. Faisal who had joined Militant outfit Jaish e Muhammad a month ago was killed in an encounter at Kachwan forests of Kokernag area in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) District. The encounter was jointly conducted by troopers from I...
One Month After his Family Appealed him to Return Home, Faisal’s Dead Body Reaches Home

One Month After his Family Appealed him to Return Home, Faisal’s Dead Body Reaches Home

UPDATES
May 28 One of the Militant slain in the encounter that raged earlier in Kachwan area of South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) district has been identified as Faisal Nazir who had joined Militancy a month back. Two days after the killing of Local Militant, Burhan Ganie, on 25 April,  Faisal from Islamabad (anantnag) township in South Kashmir has posed with an Ak 47 suggesting that he has joined Militancy. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Faisal Nazir Mir son of Nazir Ahmed Mir, a resident of Nai Basti area in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District has joined the dreaded Militant outfit Jaish e Muhammad. Locals from Nai Basti told The Kashmiriyat that Faisal had left home earlier jn April amid a rise in Local Militancy. He was the fifth youth from this small township to hav...
Lelhari Made the Head of AGH after Zakir Musa’s Killing

Lelhari Made the Head of AGH after Zakir Musa’s Killing

REGIONAL
May 28 Days after the killing of Zakir Musa, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Chief, the group has appointed Hameed Lelhari as its head. Sources informed The Kashmiryat that Lelhari who has joined Militancy in 2015 is a resident of Lelhar area of Kakapora in Pulwama. Hameed was the deputy of Musa after Soliha Mohammed Akhoon who was killed in an encounter in November 2018 in Aripal area of Tral. He is one of the ten initial members of Zakir Musa’s group which parted ways from Hizb ul Mujahideen as per Indian Security officials, eight of whom are now. Musa was kiled during an encounter in Pulwama's Tral on Friday morning.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/zovirax.html Reports suggest that security forces made efforts to make Musa surrender but he didn't relent and contin...
CASO Launched By Forces in Tral

CASO Launched By Forces in Tral

PULWAMA
May 28 The Government Forces on Tuesday afternoon launched Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Hayuna area of Tral in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched jointly by forces including 42 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 180 BN of CRPF in Hayuna area. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Tuesday afternoon. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017 amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area, locking down the area virtually and frisk houses on will....
Clashes Erupt Over Zakir Musa’s Killing in Islamabad’s KP Road

Clashes Erupt Over Zakir Musa’s Killing in Islamabad’s KP Road

ISLAMABAD
May 28 Clashes have erupted in the KP Road area of Islamabad (anantnag) township on Tuesday to protest the killing of prominent Militant commander, Zakir Musa. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that scores of youth threw stones on Government Forces, who chased away the protesters, The protesters also threw stones on the street vendors and the vehicles plying on the streets. The clashes were going on when this report was filed. Meanwhile mobile internet services have been snapped in the South Kashmir district.
Nobody Raped Bandipora Minor- Kashmir Never Asked for Investigation

Nobody Raped Bandipora Minor- Kashmir Never Asked for Investigation

REGIONAL
May 28 Weeks after intense clashes rocked the Kashmir valley,the medical reports have concluded that the minor was not raped. The medical report of a three-year-old girl, who was alleged to have been raped in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, has found insufficient evidence to confirm sexual assault, officials said today. The report had leaked on social media and the medical superintendent of SKIMS Medical College Hospital, Bemina said it was “authentic”. In the report submitted to the investigating officer on May 16, the doctors who conducted the medical examination have said there are no marks of injury on any part of the girls’ body, including the private parts. “The actual source of bleeding could not be determined as there was no evidence of any injury around th...