Month: March 2023

Jammu Kashmir Police on Sunday arrested two boys alleged of stalking, harassing and intimidating a girl in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. “On 4-03-2023, a girl was stalked and harassed by two boys, riding a scooty. The boys had made lewd gestures and comments against the girl. The girl had posted about the incident on her social media account and subsequently also approached police post Nehru Park with a written application”, reads a statement issued to GNS. "On receipt of the complaint, an FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the law in Ram Munshi Bagh Police Station against the accused boys" the statement reads. The two boys, were arrested by a team led by SI Syed Khalil, DO Nehru Park, under supervision of SDPO Nehru Park Mansha Beigh and a scooty bearing registratio...

Completing general court-martial proceedings in less than a year, an army court has recommended life imprisonment for a captain in connection with the killing of three men in a “staged” encounter in Amshipura in south Kashmir in July 2020, officials said on Sunday. Captain Bhoopendra Singh was subjected to court martial after a Court of Inquiry and Summary of Evidence found that troops had “exceeded” powers vested under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), they said. The life sentence is subject to confirmation by higher army authorities, the officials said. Declining to comment, the army sources said the process involved in such matters is still on. The three men hailing from Rajouri district of Jammu region – Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrar – were kill...

The Jammu Kashmir high court has directed the Pulwama deputy commissioner to administer the oath of office as a DDC member to PDP youth leader Waheed ur Rehman Parra, provided there are no legal restrictions envisaged under the Panchayati Raj Act. Parra could not take the oath after being elected as a district development council (DDC) member in December 2020 following his arrest in two terror-related cases. He is presently on bail in both cases and has moved the high court for taking the oath. “This court deems it appropriate to observe that in case if there is no legal restriction/prohibition envisaged under the Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 read with Panchayati Raj Rules 1996 in administering the oath of office to the petitioner by the Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, then the deputy comm...

Staging protests, the family of a 25-year-old woman from Ganderbal district alleged the negligence of doctors at Kashmir's Premier Medical Institute SKIMS led to the death of the woman. The family members of Ulfat Jan (deceased), a resident of Wakoora area in Ganderbal said that Ulfat was admitted to the hospital with labour pain yesterday evening"Her condition was visibly deteriorating. We informed the doctors to check her, however, the doctors snapped at us constantly that she was fine. There was no doctor, all those who came to check Ulfat were junior residents," a family member said. Another family member stated that she was not given proper treatment which led to her death on Sunday morning. An enquiry has been launched into the incident, as per the hospital hospital official...

A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with the weapon of a village defence committee (VDC) member at the Sindra area of Bhalla tehsil in Jammu Kashmir’s Doda district. Official sources said that on Sunday morning, a man identified as Arvind Kumar shot himself dead using the gun of his elder brother, who is a member of the Village Defense Committee, recently revived by the Central Government. Police said that Arvind had died on the spot. The body was immediately shifted to the Sub District Hospital in Bhaderwah for postmortem, and investigation in the incident is underway, Police said.

An army officer died of a suspected heart attack in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, while another was critically wounded in a land mine blast along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Official said that a colonel of the Indian army on Sunday afternoon complained of chest pain following which he was rushed to MI hospital where he was declared as brought dead on arrival. The deceased officer has been identified as OP Sharma, a resident of Utter Pradesh, who was posted at Dagger Division Baramulla. In a separate incident, An army man was injured in a mine blast along Line of Control in Poonch district this afternoon Identified as Naik Rajeev Kumar from Himachal Pradesh, the army man suffered critical injuries after accidently stepping on a land...

A man died while another one was injured in an accident that took place in Sheeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a head on collision between two vehicles took place at Sheeri, resulting in injuries to two persons. He said soon after the incident injured were immediately rushed to a nearby health facility, however, one of them was declared dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as Bashir Ahmed Ahanger of Jalal Sahib Baramulla. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)