Month: May 2023

A 45-year-old man was critically injured after being attacked by a bear in Darbal village of Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Reports reaching Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that Mohammad Yousuf Mir of Darbal Langate Handwara was attacked by a black bear when he was working in nearby fields. Soon after the incident, he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he has been referred to Srinagar for specialized treatment. Meanwhile, officials of wildlife department and police have reached to the spot. (KNS)

Shah Basit Two school-going boys were stabbed outside their school in the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Monday afternoon unknown persons stabbed two teenagers in the Behama area of Ganderbal resulting in critical injuries to the duo. Aged 14 and 16, the two were rushed to the Ganderbal district hospital from where they have been referred to Srinagar for advanced treatment. The official said that the two identified as Hidyat Ahmed Tantray and Ibrahim Tantray, both residents of Behama, were leaving the school when some unknown persons attacked them with a sharp object. The Police said that it has identified the attackers and a search has been launched to nab the accused. Meanwhile, sources told The Kashmiriyat that the condi...

A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Karnah area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday. An official told Kashmir Scroll that unidentified female body was spotted by some locals under mysterious conditions at Sulmanpadi Karnah following which police was informed. He said that police rushed to the spot and took dead body into their custody for legal-medico formalities while identification is being ascertained. Meanwhile inquest proceedings U/s 174 CRPC has been initiated—(KS)

The JK and Ladakh High Court on Monday ruled that the power to transfer an undertrial prisoner from one jail to another only vests with the Magistrate or the Court, Live Law reported. The court or magistrate is the ultimate authority to shift an undertrail prisoner after it has remanded the detenue to a certain prison, and jail authorities cannot have a say in this. Referring to the Prison Manual 2022-for the superintendence and management of prisons in Jammu Kashmir read with Prisoners Act, 1900, a bench comprising of Justice M A Chowdhary observed that the transfer of an undertrial can be done by a judicial order in this regard passed by a court. “The power to remand or transfer of an undertrial prisoner from one jail to another is to be exercised by the Court by passing a judic...

Ammunition was recovered after a joint team of security forces busted a militant hideout in Khari tehsil of Ramban district on Monday, official said. They told GNS that information was received through reliable sources regarding the presence of a cache of ammunition and other incriminating material in the far flung hilly and forested area of tehsil Khari in Ramban. “Acting swiftly on the input, a search operation was launched by Police and SOG in the forest area and suspected hideout locations were searched during which the joint team busted and recovered ammunition from a hideout”, they said. The recovered ammunition as per the official include; two rifle grenades, one UBGL thrower, one wireless with antenna without battery, two IED type with wire, one detonator type with wire, s...

Suhail Dar A 22 year old youth slipped to death in the Mati Gawran area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a youth identified as Bilal Ahmed Sheri resident of Mati Gawran slipped while he was working as a labour in the Matigawran area. The 22 year old was rushed to the hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. Post mortem of the youth is being carried out at the Government hospital in Seer Anantnag, they said.