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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: Three persons including a medico and an Excise Inspector were killed and another civilian was seriously injured when some migrants from Poonch and Rajouri districts, putting up at Belicharana, were trapped in a fire when they tried to capture Government land at Ragoora falling along By-Pass in satellite township of Sidhra this morning. A nine year old boy was rescued by police. Several localities surrounding Ragoora were got vacated by police this afternoon as devastating fire continued to spread in the forest area threatening to engulf some populated colonies. Over a dozen fire tenders continued to fight to control the sky rocketing flames throughout the day today but to no avail. Three houses were burnt in the fire late this evening but house inmates had already evacuated them. Official sources said over 1500 families comprising people between 6000 to 7000, all migrants from twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri and presently putting up at Belicharana in Satwari area, marched to Ragoora in Sidhra at about 0700 hours today in over 1000 matadors, trucks, buses and other modes of conveyance and started encroachments on forest land. The migrant families, according to a senior police official, were also joined by some anti-social elements, who too started capturing Government land alongwith the migrants. As police or any other security agency had no information of such an encroachment attempt by the migrants, they were caught unawares. In the melee, some of the migrants, in a bid to expedite the process of encroachment and set up their tents, set some bushes and trees on fire. While one group started fire from one end, the other group did so from two different ends. Sources said the fire spread in the area in no time as bushes and grass in the area were dry. A number of people were trapped in the fire which engulfed the whole area within a couple of minutes. This resulted into a stampede as people started running from the spot. Four persons were, however, caught in the fire and couldn’t get any chance to come out of it. While two of them including a third year MBBS student of Government Medical College, Jammu were roasted alive on the spot, two others were seriously burnt and succumbed to their burn injuries in the Medical College hospital this evening. A nine year old boy, Razak was rescued by a police party from the fire. He survived with minor bruises. Of four, three deceased have been identified as Tahir Mohammed, 20, son of Rashid Mohammed, a third year MBBS student of Medical College, Mohabat Ali, 40, an Excise Inspector son of Abdul Khalid, both residents of Mendhar and Nazir Hussain, 60, R/o Budhal Rajouri, all of whom were presently putting up at Belicharana. Identity of the fourth deceased, a youth, couldn’t be ascertained immediately. Medical College Superintendent Dr Romesh Gupta said post-mortem was conducted on the bodies and three identified bodies were sent to their native villages tonight. Efforts were on to identify the fourth deceased. SSP Jammu Rashmi Ranjan Swain, DySP Headquarters Ashok Sharma, SHO Nagrota and SHO Bagh-e-Bahu Rajinder Sharma reached the spot soon after getting a report of land encroachment and subsequent fire incident. Police and para-military teams have been deployed in the area in strength to maintain law and order. Some of the migrants, who were camping at Ragoora, told a visiting EXCELSIOR correspondent that they had met a senior Cabinet Minister of Farooq Abdullah Government yesterday and sought their rehabilitation as there were no proper facilities for them at Belicharana. They said the Minister advised them to encroach upon the Government land at Ragoora, which was lying vacant, and assured them that he will regularise the illegally captured land after sometime. Accordingly, the migrants said, they hired matadors, buses and trucks and marched to Ragoora from Belicharana alongwith tents and other essential items to settle there. Migrants had also called in their relatives to capture Government land. Besides, some anti-social elements had also joined the encroachment attempt. However, all the migrants fled back to Belicharana in the same vehicles as the area caught fire, killing four of them and police swung into action quickly thwarting any possibility of encroachment. Meanwhile, more than a dozen fire tenders from different fire station fought throughout the day to control the blaze but couldn’t succeed in view of dense forest cover in the area. Fire continued to spread to adjoining areas threatening several populated localities. Police teams sounded an alert and asked the people, living in localities close to the area of forest fire, to vacate their houses alongwith their costlier goods and take shelter in safer areas. A large number of people abandoned their houses around Ragoora and fled to safer belts. This evening, three houses were engulfed in the fire and gutted. When the reports last came in, fire tenders were busy in their job and trying hard to control the flames but to no avail. Police officials were still camping at the spot. Police authorities said a case in this connection is being registered at Nagrota police station. Late tonight the fire was completely brought under control by the fire brigade personnel. |
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Sonia blasts NDA Govt for anti-farmer policies NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today made a scathing attack on the BJP-led coalition for the plight of farmers alleging that its "corruption and maladministration" has worsened the lot of the farming community and demanded that import duties be increased on farm products in the coming union budget. "Unhe Sarkar Chalane Ki Tamij Nahi Hai... Kushasan Aur Bhrastachar Unka Dharm Ban Gaya Hai" (they do not know how to govern. Maladministration and corruption has become their religion)", she said addressing a largely attended Kisan rally organised by the party at the Ramlila grounds. Claiming that farmers have never been treated so shabbily since independence, she said a tragic proof of their suffering was the spate of suicides by farmers in several parts of the country. Refuting the ruling NDA Government’s charge that signing of the WTO agreement by erstwhile Congress Government was responsible for the problems faced by farmers, she alleged that the problem lay in the failure of the Vajpayee Government in raising import duties to protect the farmers. She demanded that in the coming Union Budget the import duties on farm products be raised so that farmers get the right price for their produce. A number of Congress Chief Ministers, CWC members and senior leaders - including Digvijay Singh, Ashok Gehlot, Vilasrao Deshmukh - declared that the party would agitate on the issue till they succeeded in giving a fair deal to the farmer. The rally, held a few days before the presentation of Union Budget, assumes significance in view of the Assembly elections in five states scheduled in the next few months. Gandhi said the BJP-led coalition, which had made tall promises to the farmers before coming to power, had taken actions which were "anti-farmer and anti-people". It has allowed unrestricted import of farm products despite a record harvest and has not taken effective measures to procure foodgrains, thereby helping the middlemen, she said. Alleging that the BJP-led coalition was posing a danger to farmers’ progress, she said her party could not remain a mute spectator in such a situation. Ridiculing the Government for blaiming the Congress on the issue, she said "they have an old ailment of attributing all the wrongs to the Congress". She said during Congress rule the country had witnessed several strides in agriculture, including ushering in of green revolution, a four-fold increase in the output of foodgrains and building of several major dams to help the farmer. Turning to quake-hit Gujarat, she said the Congress and its State Governments came forward in a big way to provide relief despite the fact that it was not ruling at the Centre or in the affected State. This, he said, was done because the party believed there should not be any discrimination at the time of a disaster. (PTI) |
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SRINAGAR, Feb 25 : A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed and five others injured in a militant attack at Arkhai Mohalla late last night while elsewhere in the Kashmir, two people were killed and another injured since last evening. Militants attacked a Police Station and two force camps while Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested three suspected ultras in the Valley since last evening. The ultras attacked a police station at Handwara in north Kashmir last evening with automatic weapons and grenades. Police guards also retaliated, but no casualties were reported. Militants also fired at a security force camp in Anantnag district late last night, but no injuries were reported. In another incident, militants of Al-Omar Mujahideen lobbed three grenades towards a Central Reserve Police Force camp at Gopalpora in the central Kashmir district of Badgam this afternoon.Police said all the grenades missed the intended target and exploded without causing any damage. Official sources said the body of Ghulam Ahmad, a resident of Sumbal, was recovered at Amarpora Sopore this morning. People at Mahandpora Shopian took to streets to protest the death of a 65-year-old Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din, who they alleged, died due to torture by security forces. The demonstrators said Ghulam and Mansoor Ahmad were picked up by security forces yesterday and were handed over to Shopian Police this morning in a very serious condition. Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din died in hospital today, while the condition of Mansoor is stated to be very critical. (UNI) |
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Saudi Arabia gears up for annual Muslim pilgrimage MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, Feb 25: Saudi Arabia put the final touches on preparations for the annual Haj pilgrimage today as hundreds of thousands of Muslims arrived in the kingdom to perform one of the five pillars of Islam. An estimated two million pilgrims, around two thirds of whom are from outside Saudi Arabia, will take part in the five-day ritual that starts on March 3. Official statistics showed more than 1,052,000 pilgrims from outside the kingdom had arrived by land, air and sea by Friday night. Saudi authorities, keen to ensure a Haj free from the tragedies of the recent past, have spent more than 180 million this year to police the event better and avoid stampedes. Improved facilities include fireproof tents and water storage tunnels dug in mountains to help fight fires. A blaze in 1997 killed 343 pilgrims while up to 119 people died in a stampede in 1998. The last two years have witnessed trouble-free Haj. "I am here to answer god’s call and seek forgiveness for my sins," Gamal, an Egyptian clad in a seamless white robe, told Reuters after arriving at the international airport at the Red Sea Port City of Jeddah. Haj is the fifth pillar of Islam. It must be performed at least once in a lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who has the financial means. Muslims believe those who perform it with a sincere heart will become as pure as the day they were born. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to its two holiest shrines, the grand mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s mosque in Medina. Pilgrims usually arrive in Jeddah and are transported on more than 13,000 buses to Mecca and Medina where authorities have deployed thousands of doctors, police, cleaners and postal workers to serve them. Last year more than 1.73 million pilgrims performed the Haj, 1.26 million of whom came from abroad while the rest were Saudis or foreigners residing in the kingdom. Officials say they expect a 15 percent increase in the number of pilgrims from abroad this year. The Haj, which culminates with Eid Al-Adha (feast of sacrifice), will reach a climax on March 4 when prayers are said at Mount Arafat, the site of Prophet Mohammad’s last sermon 14 centuries ago. The rituals include offering animal sacrifices and the meat is donated to the needy in Muslim countries. Last year more than 637,000 sheep, cattle and camels were slaughtered during Haj. (REUTERS) |
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SRINAGAR, Feb 25: The higher reaches of Kashmir valley recorded fresh snowfall of the season, while plains were lashed with moderate to heavy rains since last night. The snow and rains brought down the day and night temperatures disrupting normal life, official sources said. About three to 4 cms of snowfall was recorded at various places, including world famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, till this afternoon, official sources said. About one cm of snow had accumulated in Banihal, and three each in Drass and Sonamarg belt along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway, they said. Srinagar-Leh National Highway which was closed in November last year due to heavy snowfall, is expected to be thrown open for vehicular traffic in May this year, the sources said. The sources said health resorts of Pahalgam, Khilanmarg, Yousmarg, Shopian, Ahrabal and Duksum also received the season’s first heavy snowfall last night. Srinagar and other areas of Kashmir witnessed heavy rains since last evening. Rain and snow also lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh since last night. While Shimla and its adjoining areas have been lashed by sleet and rain, the higher reaches, including the tourist resorts of Kufri, Faqu and Narkanda experienced snowfall.(PTI) |
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Cross-border
terrorism continues: PM From B L Kak NEW DELHI, Feb 25: The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has ruled out talks with Pakistan "at this stage". Atmosphere, he has argued, requires to be conducive for a meaningful dialogue. Answering questions from some BJP members of Parliament during the course of a meeting with him, the Prime Minister reiterated that he was for a comprehensive dialogue process between India and Pakistan. "But such a process can be resumed only after a conducive atmosphere was created", Mr Vajpayee emphasised. Clearly, Mr Vajpayee wanted Islamabad to take a definite initiative in this connection. He wanted the Pakistan Government to immediately attend to three important things, namely, the need to abjure violence, give up continuous hostile propaganda against India and stop promoting and aiding cross-border terrorism. On the reported pressure from the United States for the resumption of talks with Islamabad, Mr Vajpayee said that the international community had taken due cognizance of "our concern at Pakistan’s continuing support to and sympathy with the militants and terrorists not only in Jammu and Kashmir but also in other parts of India". The Prime Minister said that the international community had, as a matter of fact, given "overwhelming support to our peace initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir". It seemed, he was reported to have told the BJP group, that the international community was perturbed by Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism in J&K and elsewhere in India. In his reference to India’s "sincere commitment" to a peaceful and permanent solution to the Kashmir issue, the Prime Minister explained that his Government will move forward "only after we are convinced that the other side (Pakistan) has abjured violence, given up their continuous hostile propaganda against India and stopped promoting and aiding cross-border terrorism". While reiterating that Islamabad was required to take the path of peace through bilateral talks as enshrined in the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration, Mr Vajpayee said that India "is for a lasting solution to the problems". This, he pointed out, can be possible only through the comprehensive dialogue process following the creation of a conducive atmosphere. The Prime Minister was said to have posed: "How can one think of the comprehensive dialogue process with Pakistan at a time when the militants and terrorists-who call themselves ‘holy warriors’ (jihadis)-continue to kill innocent people in J&K?" Mr Vajpayee also posed: "Why call for immediate resumption of the dialogue process with Pakistan where there has been no let up in, much less an end to, cross-border terrorism and vicious anti-India propaganda, originating from Pakistani soil?" The Union Government’s case is that Islamabad continues to sponsor and stoke cross-border terrorism despite its declarations about observing ‘maximum restraint’ along the Line of Control (LoC) and pulling out some Pakistani troops from the same sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister reaffirmed the Government’s readiness to hold talks with any disaffected group in Jammu and Kashmir that might be willing to abjure violence. |
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Pak to stop proxy war if it pays price for it: Advani DIMAPUR (NAGALAND) Feb 25 Home Minister L K Advani today said Pakistan would end its proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir only if it feels that it has to pay a price for it. "Pakistan will end its proxy war only when it feels that it has to pay some price for it," Advani told reporters accompanying him for the three-day trip to the North East. "So far the only price it has been paying for the last one year is in terms of international opinion and the common people’s feelings in the Valley," he said. "This I term as pincer movement," he said, adding the ceasefire in the Valley has brought Pakistan under some influence of "peace offensive". He said the extension of ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir was not expected to bring about a sea change in Pakistan’s posture vis-a-vis proxy war in the Valley. "Agar Koi Sochtha Hae Ki Jammu Kashmir Mey Ceasefire Karne Se, Pakistan Ke attitude Mey Farak Ayega, Mujhe Nahi Lagta, (I don’t think that by extending ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s attitude will change)," he said. However, to a question, he justified the extension of the unilateral ceasefire saying with this the "hindrance posed for security forces in creating its own mindset by frequent uncertainty created every 15 days has been done away with." (PTI) |
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Farooq hopes truce extension will usher in peace in J&K NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today hoped the fresh extension of ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir would usher in a new era of peace and prosperity in the militancy-hit State. "I hope and I will pray for the same at Jeddah," Abdullah told PTI prior to leaving for Saudi Arabia on a Haj pilgrimage. The Chief Minister, who is leading a 15-member Haj goodwill delegation from India, said the fresh extension of ceasefire was reason enough for Pakistan to rein in the militant outfits operating from across the LoC and initiate steps to stop aiding and abetting cross-border terrorism. "Enough is enough. The entire Kashmir valley has witnessed enough bloodshed. I hope the fresh extension of ceasefire will bring a silver lining in the dark clouds hovering over the State for a decade now," the Chief Minister said. Earlier, the Haj delegation also called upon Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at his residence this morning. (PTI) |
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Kashmiri group offers to cease fire if India meets conditions ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The militant Kashmiri group Hizb ul-Mujahideen today said the Mujahideen would suspend their armed struggle in Kashmir if India declared Kashmir a disputed territory through an act of Parliament and took "solid steps" to resolve the dispute. A statement issued by the group in Pakistan said its supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, supported the conditions set by Syed Ali Shah Gilani, a leader of the All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference (APHC) "Now the ball is in the Indian court," said Salahuddin. (DPA) |
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SPO killed, 5 jawans
injured Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: Bhaderwah town in Doda district was placed under curfew this morning to kill one of the most dreaded militant and ‘chief commander’ of Harkat-ul-Ansar identified as Fareed alias Chinga, who was trapped in a hideout but escaped after fighting with army and police for more than 12 hours in Bhaderwah town overnight. A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed and five army jawans were seriously injured in the fierce fighting throughout the last night, official sources here said. They said troops had a specific information that Chinga, who hailed from Bhaderwah and was among the few longest surviving militants, had taken shelter in the house of one Sher Khan in Bhaderwah town. The information was received at 2000 hours last night and immediately thereafter army soldiers assisted by police personnel and SPOs surrounded the area. According to sources, Chinga had taken shelter inside the house, which had been locked from outside to keep security forces in dark. Army and police personnel laid a cordon in the house and challenged the militant. Sources said a fierce fighting continued for about two hours. As firing stopped from inside the house, security personnel presumed the militant as dead. However, as a precautionary measure, the district administration clamped curfew in the town to ensure that even if Chinga was alive, he couldn’t manage to escape. At about 0700 hours today, the ultra appeared from inside the house all of a sudden, fired a burst towards security jawans and fled away from back side of the house. Chinga was chased upto a long distance but he disappeared in a forest area and couldn’t be traced. An SPO was killed and five army personnel, who had taken positions outside the house, were injured in the burst fired by Chinga. Deceased SPO has been identified as Salinder Singh. Five injured army jawans have been shifted to Command Hospital in Udhampur where condition of two of them was stated to be critical. Army and police personnel carried out massive searches in and around Bhaderwah town and raided several suspected hideouts to track down Chinga but he remained untraced. Searches continued during curfew restrictions till 1000 hours today but a success remained elusive. Finally, the administration lifted curfew at 1000 hours. The house of Sher Khan was damaged in the encounter. Sher Khan or any of his family member were not present in the house, the sources said, adding it was being ascertained as to whether Sher Khan’s house was being used by the militants as a hideout.. |
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Mamata faces Hobson’s choice in Rail budget NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee faces a Hobson’s choice over the option of a hike in fares and freights in the budget for 2001-2002 tomorrow caught as she is between an acute resource crunch and assembly elections in her home State West Bengal where she would like to send a feel-good message. With the Railway finances in a not too comfortable position, there is a strong case for a modest hike in passenger fares and freight rates but it remains to be seen whether the Railway Minister bites the bullet. Already pushed to the wall by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s statement in the wake of devastating Gujarat earthquake that people should be prepared to face tough budgets, the Railway Minister finds it very hard to maintain her posture of not willing to go for a hike. But, the Railway Finances do not give her much of a comfort to indulge in a populist budget. With the pre-budget economic survey and the Prime Minister’s economic advisory council suggesting reforms in the Railways to step up internal resource generation, Banerjee will have her task cut out for eliminating subsidies in at least some areas. In the previous budget, Banerjee had raised fares of upper class passengers and tinkered with freight rates to rake in Rs 600 crore a year. The Railways have pitched for a total plan size of Rs 15,000 crore for the coming year as against the budgeted Rs 11,000 crore this fiscal which would require a substantial jump in budgetary support the Finance Ministry is unwilling to concede. The Planning Commission has given an indication that the budgetary support would be pegged at the current fiscal level of Rs 3,540 crore. The Finance Ministry is also not inclined to permit deferment of dividend liability for a second consecutive year. For 2000-2001, the Railways were allowed to defer dividend payments to the Centre to the extent of Rs 1500 crore. The other option of higher market borrowings through the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) too is not finding favour given the hefty lease rental burden on the Railways. The Finance Ministry is also toying with the idea of imposing a 50 paise cess on a litre of diesel to finance investments to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore. Banerjee has put up a stiff resistance against hiking fares and freights saying it does not always translate into a hefty increase in additional revenues. After the Prime Minister’s statement, she also convened a meeting of political parties where predictably she found support for no hike. How Banerjee proposes to meet the revenue gap is anybody’s guess leading to speculation that she could present a soft budget now and go in for revision of tariff during the course of the year. However, Railway’s financial advisers are understood to have suggested an increase in freight rates to finance the annual plan for 2001-2002. Besides budgetary support which is likely to be pegged at Rs 3,800 crore, the Minister is also likely to raise market borrowings to Rs 4,000 crore. Another round of dividend deferment is also on the cards. (PTI) |
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Police,
girl’s father leave for MP Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: A special police team led by a senior officer and accompanied by kidnapped girl Meenakshi’s father Natha Singh today left for a town of Madhya Pradesh to trace the hostage, who today completed a fortnight in the captivity of some unidentified miscreants. Highly placed sources tonight said the team was sent on the request of Meenakshi’s family, who insisted that the girl might have been held hostage there. The team left by train this morning and was expected to reach there tomorrow afternoon. "The team was sent purely on family’s request and police have no clue as to whether the girl was hiding in the particular town", the sources said, adding "authorities weren’t taking any chance in view of surcharged atmosphere in Jammu and Udhampur in view of delay in Meenakshi’s recovery’. Besides MP, police parties also continued raids in different other areas—both within and outside the State to trace the abducted girl. Our Udhampur correspondent adds: As kidnapped Meenakshi remained untraced for 15 days, a large number of people marched in a procession in the town and burnt the effigies of district administration protesting delay in the recovery of teen-aged girl. A separate procession was earlier taken out by the women. Reports said a large number of youths and men gathered at Baryan, from where Meenakshi hailed, and marched in a procession in the town. They were carrying two effigies on donkeys, one depicting police administration of Udhampur and the other civil administration. The donkeys were taken out in the entire town. People enroute threw shoes, tomatoes and eggs on the effigies displaying their resentment against miserable failure of police in getting any clues on the abduction of Meenakshi, who remained untraced even after a fortnight of her kidnapping. The procession culminated at Dabbar Chowk where both the effigies were burnt by the mob amidst slogans of ‘shame, shame’, ‘Udhampur police hai hai’ , ‘Udhampur Ke Gaddaron Ko, Zute Maaro Saloon Ko’ and ‘Meenakshi Ke Aphartayon Ko, Fansi Do, Fansi Do’. Processionists, however, dispersed peacefully. Earlier in the afternoon, more than 200 women also took out a procession from Baryan and marched in the entire town shouting slogans against Udhampur district police chief and demanding stern action against the officials, who have failed to recover the abducted girl. As reported today, the 51-member Core Committee, spearheading the agitation, has already announced its decision to resume indefinite bandh in Udhampur from Tuesday and intensify its agitation demanding immediate recovery of the abducted girl and stern action against the kidnappers. |
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Daler’s painting fetches Rs 100,000 NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Popular pop singer Daler Mehndi today wielded a brush for the sake of quake victims of Gujarat and his first painting in life fetched no less than Rs 100,000. The crooner tried his hand at the canvas at an on the spot painting competition for school children organised by Aadharshila Vidyapeeth school in the Capital where he was invited as the chief guest. Daler first painted some scenes of prosperity and then contrasted them with scenes of devastation of the Gujarat quake. Member of Parliament Vijay Goel lent him a helping hand at the canvas. Later when reporters asked the singer from whom had he learnt the art of painting, he said in a lighter vein that Mr Vijay Goel was his Guru. The canvas painted by the celebrity was later auctioned and it was sold at a price of Rs 100,000. The proceeds would be given to the earthquake victims. More than 3,000 children participated in the painting competition. Besides the Gujarat earthquake, the other themes were holi, circus, safety on roads, population explosion and Basant Panchmi. (UNI) |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: In view of call for Jammu bandh, all the University examinations, scheduled to be held on February 26, have been postponed while the 8th class annual examination and practical exams of 12th standard, will be held as per schedule. According to Controller Examination JU, Mr Sham Singh, fresh date for the postponed university exams shall be notified later. Whereas, the 8th class annual examinations and practical exams of 12th standard will be held as per schedule. However, the tomorrow’s exams of the candidates, who are not in a position to reach their centres, would be held later. |
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3 criminals held in Bakshi Nagar Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: Three notorious criminals, who were wanted to police for the last six to seven years, were arrested today by Bakshi Nagar police in three separate raids conducted at different places. They have been identified as Inderdev son of Bhim Sain of Shakti Nagar, Sudesh Kumar son of Shallu Ram of Patoli Mangotrian and Raj Kumar alias Dut son of Jagat Ram of Top Sherkhanian. Arrests were made by a Bakshi Nagar police station party led by SHO Ravi Gupta under the supervision of DySP Bhupinder Singh Wazir. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 25: Security forces and police today recovered a consignment of narcotics containing 15 kg heroin worth several crores of rupees in the international market from a forward area of Arnia in RS Pura sector. However, no arrest could be made in this connection. Official sources said the narco smugglers managed to escape leaving behind the consignment. |
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