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Feb-2023: 58 drug peddlers arrested, contraband worth crores recovered, says Baramulla Police

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The Police in North Kashmir's Baramulla district has arrested 58 drug peddlers in 40 FIRs registered in February month of year 2023. An official said that the total recovery in the month of February include 58.20 kilograms of Poppy straw/cannabis powder, 4.671 kilograms of Charas, 3.14 kilograms of Brown sugar, and 152 grams of heroin. The cash of 40.15 lacs and nine vehicles were also seized in this month, he said. Total value of recovered contraband, according to pure contraband on the black market, is 3 crores 17 lacs and 67 thousands. Including cash the total value is 3 crores 57 lacs and 82 thousands. He said that 40 total drug-related FIRs were registered in the district this month. Additionally, 58 drug peddlers were arrested. Baramulla police in a statement said, “Gene...

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Baramulla: Two jump into Jhelum, One rescued

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A boy and a girl jumped in river Jhelum in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, however, the girl was rescued immediately, while search for boy was on. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the duo jumped in the river Jhelum this afternoon. He said the girl was rescued immediately, while search to trace the boy was going on. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)

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Launch brutal operation against Kashmiri militants, their aides: Kashmiri Pandit outfit

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A Kashmiri Pandit outfit, Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) has called upon the Government of India to initiate a "brutal operation" against militants and their supporters in the Kashmir valley "to safeguard the lives of Kashmiri Pandits." The outfit, which has lesser space among the community, issued a press release and declared that after August 2019 when the GoI abrogated the special status, every two Kashmiris out of ten have become aides to militants. KPSS in its press release said, Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv (convert, die or leave) a modus-operandi initiated by the radical Kashmiris to establish Islamic Doctrine in Kashmir continues and is reverberated by every Kashmiri Pandit killing which is happening in Kashmirn and the irony is that it is the same society which worries abo...

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118 militants of Doda based in Pakistan, 10 most active in J-K: Police

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As many as 118 militants of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK, of whom 10 are most active and are attempting to spread militancy in the region by recruiting the youth, a top police officer said on Wednesday. The police said the two militants have been declared as 'Individual' (those indulging in lone-wolf attacks) militants while two others as 'Proclaimed Offenders' (PO). SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said the police have also seized the properties of one of the POs and are preparing a dossier against those attempting to revive militancy in the district. "118 militants of Doda are based in Pakistan and PoK at the moment, of whom 10 are most active. They try to involve the youth here in militancy. They are trying to spread militancy once again in Doda and the Jammu pro...

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17-year-old Kulgam youth writes Quran with his hand in two months

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Suhail Dar A 17-year-old boy wrote a Quran with his hand in merely two months in the Kund area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Having started the Quran using some colored pencils and sketch colors, Shabir finished writing the Quran with his hand in two months. He has spent endless nights and days working on writing the 6666-verses of Quran, divided into 114 chapters and has 77,430 words written in the Arabic language. Studying in class 10th Shabir Ahmed Bakerwal has been the sole bread earner to his family after his father died four years ago. Talking to The Kashmiriyat Shabir said, "I go to school sometimes and work some time to earn a livelihood for his family." “I wrote the Quran in 2 months and my teacher Molana Sabzar Ahmad koka and Molana Riyaz Ahmad at the Dars...

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Cop injured after being hit by speeding vehicle in Batmaloo, says Police

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The Jammu Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that a policeman was injured after being hit a speeding vehicle in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar. In a tweet, police said, "A speeding vehicle without a number plate hit and injured a PSO of a traffic officer on duty, resulting in the accidental discharge of PSO's weapon, no damage/injury reported." The police further said that a case has been registered in Batmaloo PS against rash and negligent driving.

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Banners come up, locals gather at Abdul Rashid’s house in Kunan Poshpora

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Several banners have come up in Kupwara's Kunan Poshpora area after which locals have gathered in large numbers at the residence of a local Abdul Rashid Dar, who had gone missing from Army's custody in December 2022. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that banners stating that Abdul Rashid has been 'martyred' on March 01, 2023, have come up at various places in the Kunan Poshpora locality of Kupwara. They said that the family of Abdul Rashid has been called to the police station for the identification of a body that was found under mysterious circumstances in north Kashmir area. "It will be clear only after the body is checked by the family members of Rashid, where the dead body is of Rashid or not," they told The Kashmiriyat. Abdul Rashid, a local youth from Kunan Poshpora was picke...

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Schools reopen in Kashmir Valley, Parents unhappy over ‘too early’ timings in Srinagar

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Kashmir Valley including this summer capital of JK sprung to life on Wednesday as children made their way to schools after long winter vacations. According to reports reaching GNS, the students dressed in uniforms were seen heading to their respective schools very early in the morning as the School Education Department has changed school timing in Srinagar city from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Some parents even expressed resentment over “too early” schooling. “The interest of students should be paramount. Normally timings used to be changed from April 1,” a number of parents said, adding, “There is still considerable chill during the morning hours and people at the helm of affairs should not lose sight of it.” The schools up to class 5th were ordered to observe winter vacation from December 1 t...

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Gas emissions from tube well in Sopore area creates scare among local residents

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Sudden emissions of gas from a tube well in Bomai village of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has created scare among locals even as they accused the concerned department of carelessness. Locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the well was dug to meet up water scarcity in Logripora village of Bomai, however, sudden emissions of gas has created scare among them. They also accused Jal Shakti Department of carelessness stating that no official visited the site to look into the matter. "When we brought the matter before the concerned officials, they asked us to block the tube well with the help of JCB, but didn't even bother to visit the village themselves," the locals alleged. Meanwhile, the locals appealed to the higher authorities to look into the ...

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Take stringent action against OGWs, DGP tells officers

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Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Tuesday chaired a meeting of State Investigation Unit (SIU) officers at PCR Kashmir to review the progress of under investigation UAPA cases besides took stock of cases under trial. Spl DG CID J&K R.R Swain, ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, DIG SIU Abdul Qayoom, SSP Srinagar Rakesh Balwal, DD Prosecution besides all CIOs of SIUs of Kashmir Zone attended the meeting at PCR Kashmir while ADGP (Coordination) PHQ, Danesh Rana, IGP (CIV), B.S Tuti, AIG Training J.S Johar and AIG (CIV) Dr. G.V Sandeep Chakravarthy attended the meeting through Video conferencing. In his opening remarks, DGP complemented the SIU officers for the work done since the creation of the Unit. He said that effective investigation is no less than a weapon in the hands of in...