Month: October 2022

Police on Friday said that it have busted a human trafficking hang by arresting three person in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.   In a handout to GNS, the police said that acting upon an information of human trafficking being operational in the district, a police team of police station Budgam raided a particular place in village Dulipora and rescued 14 women victims (including some minors) from the house of one namely Shamim Ahmad Bhat son of Ab Rehman Bhat resident of Dulipora Parthan and adjacent places.   The statement further stated that accordingly, Shamim Ahmad and other two accused namely Shagufta wife of Bashir Ahmad Wani and Asmat wife Shafiq Ahmad Wani both residents of Dulipora Parthan were arrested.   Case FIR number 370/2022under relevant se...

State Investigation Agency Kashmir (SIA) on Friday said that it has produced a charge sheet against three uncategorized militants of Lashkar-i-Toiba in a special court. In a handout to GNS, the SIA said that today Police Station CIK/SIA Srinagar produced a challan (Charge-sheet) before the Hon’ble Court of Spl. Judge Designated under NIA Act (TADA/POTA) Baramulla u/s 7/25 I.A Act, 18, 23, 38 UA (P) Act r/w 121, 121-A IPC of Police Station Tarzoo, Sopore against three accused namely 01) Rahid Mushtaq Ganie son of Mushtaq Ahmad Ganie resident of Amargrah Sopore. (Juvenile), Amir Shafat Mir son of Mohammad Shafi Mir resident of Amargrah Sopore. (Juvenile) and Tahir Nisar Sheikh son of Nisar Rahid Mushtaq Ganie resident of Bagh-i-Rehmat Sopore among them charge sheet against two juveniles (...

Suhail Dar The Public Health Engineering Department of Jammu Kashmir inaugurated three new water schemes for the south Kashmir district, bringing huge respite to the residents. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, Zameer Ahmed Raina, Executive Engineer PHE said that three new schemes were laid in the Anantnag district which included schemes for Kadpora village (at cost of 30 Lakh rupees), Hardtoouru village, and for the Gopalpora Kalan village. "The villages had been suffering immensely due to the lack of potable water. The water schemes are expected to bring huge respite to the local residents," he said. The water scheme was inaugurated by DDC members Sameena Hussain, NC youth leader Hashim Hussain and, BDC Chairperson Achabal Firdousa Jan & Vice Chairman BDC Achabal Mohammed Maqb...

Sheikh Nadeem Burglars broke the twin locks of a computer shop in Ara Koshipora area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir and decamped with the cash of 50,000 rupees and a CCTV Camera. Locals speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that on Friday morning they spotted a shop Hilal Computers opened in the morning after which they contacted the shop owner regarding the matter who rushed to his shop. The owner said that two locks of the shop were broken by the burglars who also decamped with cash amount of 50,000 and CCTV Camera that was installed inside shop. The shop owner rushed to the Concerned Police station to register a case in this regard, they told The Kashmiriyat. The Jammu Kashmir Police said they have taken cognizance of the case and started further investigation.

Days after a prisoner died after ‘falling down stairs at sub-jail building’ Kupwara, the bereaved family on Thursday alleged the jail authorities of putting forth a cooked-up story, saying given the nature of injuries it seems the inmate ‘never fell’ and instead been hit on the head by some sharp object. Family of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat son of Abdul Aziz Bhat, a resident of Prangroo Mawer Handwara, said that if he fell, ask them (jail authorities) to show us CCTV footage for there are CCTVs installed at every jail. “If they can show us the (CCTV) footage, we will accept”, a family member said adding if he has ‘fallen’, why is there no injury mark on his body except on the head? “He has been hit by some sharp object on his head”, she said. “Once we reached the hospital, we were told ...

Atleast 25 houses were gutted in a devastating fire in Gandhari Padder area of Kishtwar district of Jammu division on intervening night of thrusday-Friday. Confirming the incident, SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Hussain Bhat told GNS that a joint team of Police, army and locals are on job to douse off the fire. However in this incident no loss of life or injury has been reported so far. Cause of fire is being ascertained, the officer added. Meanwhile several family have been rendered homeless due to fire.More details will follow_(GNS)

The Jammu Kashmir Police said that a militant poster surfaced on the gate of Municipal Committee Bari Brahmana in Samba area of Jammu division. An official said a passer-by informed police about the poster pasted allegedly by the militant organisation Jammu Kashmir Gaznabi Force on the entry gate of Municipal Park Bari Brahmana. “The message on the poster was to observe Black Day on accession day of Jammu Kashmir with India, which the present regime recognized and granted a holiday on October 26,” the official said. They said that an FIR has been registered by police station Bari Brahmana under Section 13 UAPA 153-A and 505 IPC and investigation has been taken up—(KNO)

DGPC Jammu along with DGPC Samba, Reasi, Kathua and various other Sikh organizations took strong exception to the attitude of the Police and other Civil authorities for not allowing aspirants of Sikh Community to appear in the exams for Constables in the Border Battalion with their ‘Karas’ in Centre Basic School, Purani Mandi, Jammu, Daily Excelsior reported. As per the report,in a conference held in Jammu on Thursday Ranjeet Singh Tohra, president DGPC Jammu and Balvinder Singh, vice president DGPC while narrating the whole episode said it appears to be pre-planned attack on the religious freedom of Sikh community enshrined in Article 25 of the Constitution otherwise how it is possible that despite being the constitutional guarantee, granted under the Constitution  for carrying Kirpan ...

During the fourth phase, a local Non-Government Organization (NGO), ‘We the helping hands’ have organized the marriage ceremony of 31 couples in Srinagar on Thursday, achieving the target of solemnising the marriage of 150 couples this year. Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Umar Wani, Chairman of the NGO, said that in the mass marriage today, at least 31 couples from different areas of Kashmir tied a nuptial knot. “We had set a target of solemnising the marriage of 150 couples this year. Alhamdulillah, we have achieved the target in the fourth phase today,” he said, adding that they are expecting to increase the target to 200 in the next year. “We have no sponsor, but the crowd funding is the only source for us to solemnize the marriages,” he said He also...