Month: September 2022

A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan died after falling off a building in Pandrethan area of Srinagar, officials said here on Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that constable Anuj Kumar of 151 Battalion, A/coy SSB fell from the building at Geology and Mining department in Pandrethan. He said that the constable was shifted to hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday raided multiple residences in Kashmir valley in a case FIR no 4/2022 registered at SIA Jammu. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the CRPF carried out multiple raids in the union territory in an already registered case. In Kulgam, the sleuths of state agency raided the residence of arrested cop identified as Head Constable Mohammad Ramzan Reshi @ Rizwan son of Abdul Majid near DPO Kulgam. Earlier Rizwan was arrested by SIA Jammu. SIA, Jammu raided the house of Abu Bakar, S/o Akhtar Hussain resident of Vidhata Nagar, Bathindi, Jammu. The said raid has been conducted with supscion that Abu Bakar has links with militant funding case. Further in th...

A man was arrested in Tangmarg's Kunzer area in Baramulla district for allegedly raping a minor girl and burying an infant in the north Kashmir area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a few local residents spotted a man suspiciously carrying something towards the graveyard. "upon being questioned, he told the locals that a Quran Shareef had burnt down, so he was going to the graveyard to bury the holy book," they said. The locals suspected a lie and upon further investigating they found that the man had buried an infant child. "The locals informed the Police who started an investigation into the incident," the said. Police said that during the course of the investigation a man who was living in the Kunzer area had been raping a minor girl who also delivered a baby. "To hide the cr...

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Jammu Kashmir unit expressed serious concern over the reports of school children forced to sing Hindu hymns. Ghulam Nabi Malik, a senior leader of CPIM, as per a press statement said that a video is making rounds on social media, in which school staff is seen asking students in a class to sing the famous hymn ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram in a government school of Kulgam area. “The rituals and beliefs of a particular caste or faith cannot be imposed on the education system of a secular nation. Such activities can prove detrimental to a harmonious educational atmosphere,” said CPI(M) Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik in a statement.

A girl was injured after she was hit by an unknown load carrier in Zainapora area of South Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the girl identified as Munaza Javeed daughter of Javeed Ahmad Bhat of Moman Arwani was hit by a load carrier near Zainapora. He said that the girl received grievous injuries and was shifted to SDH Zainapora, where from she was referred to GMC Anantnag for advanced treatment. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started investigation—(KNO)