Month: September 2020

Shabir Khan Two more youth from Sopore have gone missing from their homes in this area of the Baramulla district of North Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that two youth named Sahil Ahmed Malla and Tawheed Ahmed Bhat have gone missing and the families have appealed the public to help them trace their sons. Sahil Ahmed Malla (20) and Tawheed Ahmad Bhat (24) went missing from home on 25 September 2020 at 9 pm, a Police official told The Kashmiriyat. He said that the families lodged a missing report in the Police station of Sopore and since then, the Police has been trying to locate the duo. The Police has sought the help of general public in helping them locate the duo. "Anybody have any information regarding the missing persons kindly feel free to inform Sopore Polic...

On July 29, the 82-year-old former Union minister and senior Congress leader, Professor Saifuddin Soz filed a petition that was later dismissed by the Supreme Court after the J&K administration claimed that Soz was never under detention.  Soz, who was under detention for more than a year. Soz spoke to The Wire and opened up on a variety of issues, including his experiences during his detention; the ‘lies’ of the government, including of IAS officers; the future of mainstream politics in J&K and how institutions such as the Supreme Court have been weakened. Edited excerpts follow. Speaking to The Wire, Mr Soz said that during the past year the government did not let him go, as he was compelled to scale the boundary wall to address the media.  "There was no mystery in m...

Two persons arrested in case of Ashmipora Shopian fake encounter were produced in District Court Shopian by police on Tuesday and has been sent for eight days judicial remand. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that two persons has been sent for judicial remand in connection with the Ashmipora Shopian encounter in which three labourers from Rajouri were killed. Earlier army admitted that powers vested under AFSAPA had been exceeded. Police also said that DNA tests of the trio has been matched with slain Rajouri youths. Director General of Police (DGP) on Monday said that the investigations into the case of Amshipora Shopian encounter has entered in final stage. As per sources the two arrested persons connected to the case are local collaborators who have been de...

The Jammu-based Muslim Joint Action Committee (MJAC) has written to the home secretary Jammu and Kashmir, Shaleen Kabra against Senior Superintendent of Police Security Jammu Swarn Singh Kotwal, that an SSP-rank officer “was resorting to wanton vilification and repeated attacks through his tweets on Islam and Muslims”. The letter which is sent through one Parvez Khan a resident of Langar area in Jammu has also been marked to the Inspector General of Police Jammu, SSP Jammu, and SSP Cyber Police Station Kashmir. As per the reports, the text of the letter reads: 1.That SSP Security Jammu Mr Swarn Singh Kotwal here in after referred as the Accused is a senior officer of Kashmir Police Services (KPS) and presently posted as SSP Security Jammu, responsible for the security of all ...