Month: February 2022

SSP Srinagar, Rakesh Balwal Friday said that there will be no compromise on crime against girls. “The Batamaloo incident came as a shock and I can’t believe there are people who can do this,” he said. Earlier, a youth along with his associate in an attempt to loot cash barged into a house at Mominabad Batamaloo. They tied two girls with a rope. One was arrested while another managed to escape from the spot. Reacting to the incident, SSP Srinagar said that a formal case under strong sections of law including trespassing, assault and outraging the modesty of females has been registered. “We are investigating the matter and if he has done all this along with his associate, he too will be arrested. I can’t believe that such incidents can take place in my city,” he said. He haile...

Parts of Srinagar witnessed a shutdown on Friday on the occasion of the death anniversary of JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged in New Delhi's Tihar Jail on this day in 1984, officials said. Shops and other business establishments were shut in some parts of the old city and Maisuma area of the city here, the officials said. However, there was no shutdown in other areas and the public transport was also plying normally in the city and elsewhere in the valley, the officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a banned organisation, had called for a shutdown on February 9 and 11 to mark the death anniversaries of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and Bhat. Guru was also hanged in the Tihar Jail on February 9 in 2013.–(PTI)

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that criminals in India are roaming free while those who stand for truth are languishing in Jails. The remarks of Mehbooba Mufti came in the backdrop of BJP Union Minister’s son getting bail from the court. The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that killed eight people including four farmers. On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area. Four farmers were moved down by an SUV. A driver and two BJP workers were then allegedl...

Meer Irfan Locals in Shopian town staged a protest after Friday prayers in the South Kashmir district to protest against the attack on Hijab in Karnataka. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that shouting slogans and holding placards, scores of locals took out a march from Jamia Masjid of Shopian to express solidarity with the girls fighting the Hijab ban in Karnataka. "Hijab is a personal choice and nobody has a right to dictate to Muslim girls or anyone on what to wear and what not," a protestor said. A controversy erupted in Karnataka where Hindu fringe mobs are opposing Muslim girls for wearing Hijab.

Three policemen from the Gursai police station of Poonch district were injured on Friday after villagers pelted stones on them. Officials said that in connection with some investigation, a team of police from Gursai police station reached Galuta village of Mendhar where villagers attacked the team and pelted stones over the team. "Three police personnel including two Constables and one SPO were injured in the incident, who are receiving medical aid in the local hospital," said officials. Meanwhile, Police said to have taken up cognizance of this matter—(KNO)