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Excelsior Special Correspondent SRINAGAR, June 26: Even as a major gunbattle has begun between militants and security forces, in Kanzalwan area of Gurez, near Line of Control (LoC), at least nine militants, three Army personnel and two civilians have died in different militancy-related incidents in Kashmir valley today. Official sources in north Kashmir told EXCELSIOR that troops of 17-Mehar had laid an ambush in Bagtoor area of Kanzalwan (Gurez) after receiving information that a thick group of Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen militants would infiltrate any time on Tuesday. The entire group of heavily-armed militants was intercepted in a ravine, near LoC. Four militants and three soldiers had died in the fierce gunbattle till this evening. However, reliable unofficial reports from Bandipore and Kupwara put the number of militants killed as seven. These reports said that five Army personnel also died in the encounter. According to a Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen spokesman, "district commander" Abrar-ul-Haq, two "battalion commanders" Major Sarwar and Ahmed Sayeed and 22 other militants fell in the Army trap when they crossed LoC. This group of militants —comprising Afghans, Sudanese, Kashmiris and Pakistani nationals—had left the base camp in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Friday last. Late night reports from Kanzalwan and headquarters of 28 Infantry Division, Kupwara, said that the encounter and the search operation was in progress. These reports indicated heavy casualties, even as some of the infiltrators were believed to have escaped back to the Neelam valley, across Kishen Ganga river. Reports from Bandipore added that troops of Rashtriya Rifles 15 Bn and SOG Bandipore engaged a group of militants in an encounter at Chechnar forest area, near Aloosa. Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen got killed in the clash. They were identified as Mohammad Qasim Khan alias Janbaz alias Basharat S/o Shams-ud-din Khan of Ketsan Aloosa and Abdur Rasheed Khatana alias Hamza S/o Hidayatullah R/o Ghanie Mendhar, Poonch. Two AK-56 rifles and three grenades were recovered from the site of encounter. Officials claimed that Janbaz was his organisation’s "launching chief" in north Kashmir. Troops of Rashtriya Rifles 30 Bn eliminated an unidentified militants in an encounter at Monabal Chak-Patti in Kralgund area of Kupwara district. During last night, unidentified gunmen appeared at Heng Rajpora (Kunzar) in Tangmarg area and shot dead one Farooq Ahmed Khan S/o Noor Mohammad Khan. Officials confirmed that Khan had earlier become known as a counter-insurgent source of security forces. In Baramulla district again, unidentified gunmen kidnapped a bus-conductor, Meraj-ud-din Pir S/o Hissam-ud-din Pir of Pattan at bus stand of Tilgam last evening. His dead body was recovered from an apple orchard today. Pir had initially worked with Muslim Mujahideen and Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon and later opted to work as the conductor of a bus. Reports from Uri said that an IED blast occurred at a spot between Sangian and Jabla in which one soldier and four mules sustained injuries. During last night, militants launched a fierce attack, while four rockets, on a post of BSF 95 Bn at Hathi Shah, Sopore. All the four rockets missed the intended target and failed to cause any damage. Militants and BSF exchanged gunfire for some time. This evening, militants lobbed a hand grenade on a BSF picket at Soura. One soldier sustained injuries. He was rushed to hospital. Sagar, MLA face hostile crowd Senior National Conference Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar and MLA Baramulla, Mohammad Abdullah Mujahid, faced angry crowds at old town of Baramulla today. They were forced to retreat amid anti-India and pro-Pakistan slogans as the people alleged that security forces had molested a woman during last night. Sagar and Mujahid visited the tense Bagh-e-Islam locality, reportedly against the advice of Police and security agencies, to pacify the angry crowds. Residents refused to listen to the two NC politicians and, instead, shouted slogans against Dr Farooq Abdullah’s Government, Police and civil administration. While shouting high pitch slogans like "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan, Pakistan se rishta kya la illaha illalla, ham kya chahte Azadi", the mob forced Sagar and Mujahid back. According to an official spokesman, Sagar directed DC and SSP of Baramulla to conduct a probe into the case of alleged molestation and identify the persons responsible for the act. Stern action would be taken against anybody found guilty, said the official statement. According to the reports available from Baramulla, a contingent of 8 JAK Rifles swooped on the house of a civilian, Ali Mohammad Dar, at Bagh-e-Islam. They lifted Dar’s son, Mushtaq Ahmed Dar, amid strong resistance from three of his sisters and mother. Residents alleged that troops had "bad intentions" and they molested Dar’s sisters and tore their clothes. Even as Mushtaq Ahmed Dar was released today after physical torture and questioning, residents observed shutdown and put up strong demonstrations against the establishment and Army. Army’s company headquarters at Water Point became the target of stone pelting. Police and forces fired several shots in air to disperse the mob. SSP Baramulla A Q Manhas told EXCELSIOR that Police registered an FIR of molestation and began investigation. He said that the mob also attacked the office of a local journalist and caused damage to two Police vehicles. Three more FIRs were registered accordingly. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: Income Tax Department has set a target of Rs 64 crore collections from the Jammu region and Rs 36 crore from the Kashmir region for the financial year 2001-02. This was disclosed by Commissioner Income Tax, J&K Range Mr B D Kaler, who has become first Income Tax Commissioner of newly created Jammu and Kashmir Range in a function organised by Chamber of Commerce and Industry to felicitate him on his posting as Commissioner IT Jammu and Kashmir Range. "Last year 48 crores were collected from Jammu region and Rs 25 crores from Srinagar region", said Mr B D Kaler, who has served the State as Additional Commissioner, Income Tax, adding the department has set a target of Rs 64 crores from the Jammu and Rs 36 crores from Kashmir for the current financial year. He disclosed that there has been sharp increase in income tax collection from both the regions and hoped to further increase IT collection by every passing year. Pointing towards the request of Mr Ram Sahai, president Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said that no doubt he has sympathy with the Jammu people but he could not favour them as he has to implement the laws of Central Government. "I will feel proud if Jammu is also exempted from the income tax as that of Ladakh region", the Commissioner of Income Tax, J&K Range said, adding `it is a political issue’. He confessed the exploitation of income tax exemption in the Ladakh region and assured that he will take every possible step to see that the people of Ladakh would not exploit the exemption of income tax. Regarding the recovery of less income tax from the Valley as compared to Jammu, which has put an additional burden on the Jammu business community, he assured to collect tax at par with Jammu region if the situation in Kashmir is changed. "I am very well aware of the fact that business community of the Jammu region had been facing many hardships in tax collection as on-going militancy in the Kashmir valley has put an additional burden on the Jammu businessmen", Mr Kaler said and hoped that peace will soon be restored in the Kashmir valley and his department would be able to collect income tax at par with Jammu region from Kashmir. He felt proud of being elevated and posted as Commissioner Income Tax, J&K Range and said that it could be his hard work that his name had figured in the list of 572 Additional Commissioner posted as Commissioner through out the India. He asked the business community of the Jammu region to come forward and apprise him of any problem if they have and assured that he will take every possible step to mitigate the sufferings of Jammu businessmen. Earlier, Mr Ram Sahai, president Chamber of Commerce and Industry in his inaugural address lauded the services of Mr B D Kaler as Additional Commissioner, Income Tax and said that Mr Kaler has good rapport with the Jammu businessmen and always rendered helping hand. He expressed happiness that an independent Income Tax wing has been created in Jammu and Kashmir after separating it from Amritsar Income Tax range. He hoped that Mr Kaler would take every possible step to bring an end to discrimination with the Jammu people in income tax collection as for the last 10 years Income Tax Act has been implemented in different level in Jammu and Kashmir State despite having one act. Pointing towards the additional burden on Jammu people in Income Tax collection target, Mr Sahai hoped that Jammu and Kashmir regions would have different tax collection targets. He disclosed that Chamber of Commerce and Industries has recently informed the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) about the discrimination with Jammu people in tax collection target. He said that the on-going militancy in the State has put an additional burden on the Jammu region as target of Income Tax has been completed from the Jammu people. "If the amount collected from the Jammu people people would be utilised for the development of Ladakh region, which has been exempted from the IT, then we would not have any objection". he further said, adding the Jammu people would not tolerate exploitation on the name of exemption in income tax. He also hoped that Commissioner Income Tax Appeals would go long way in helping and solving the cases of Jammu businessmen regarding the Income Tax. Dr Ashwani Mahajan, Additional Commissioner, Income Tax, Mr J S Marwar, Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railway and Choudhary Piara Singh, MLA were also present on the occasion. |
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Army toll 4, 3 more
injured Excelsior Correspondent POONCH/RAJOURI, June 26: Army and Poonch Police this morning killed four militants at village Sanjot in Balakot area of Mendhar tehsil. All four slain militants were Pakistanis and had freshly been inducted into Indian side. Meanwhile, two militants were killed in Laa area of Thanna Mandi in Rajouri where death toll on army side today went upto four. Three more jawans were injured. Three army jawans were killed and three others including Major A P Singh were injured in Laa encounter yesterday. Official sources said a joint operation was planned by army and Balakot police in Sanjot village after local people informed police that they had seen four militants moving in the village, located close to the Line of Control (LoC), late last night. Security forces laid a cordon around the village and started a search operation for the militants, who were noticed while moving in a forest area. An encounter followed in which all four militants were gunned down by security forces without suffering any loss on their side. Bodies of two militants have been recovered while bodies of two other ultras were trapped in a mine field. Army was making efforts to recover the two remaining dead bodies. Identity of the militants couldn’t be carried out immediately but all four were stated to be Pakistanis and affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit. A huge quantity of weaponry, which had been smuggled by the militants from Pakistan alongwith them, was recovered from the scene of encounter. Seizure included four AK-56 rifles, 12 hand grenades, 90 Pika rounds, two magazines and eight rounds of pistol, 30 detonators, one compass, seven IEDs and one pouch. Besides, receipt books, cotton, water bottles, jackets and two copies of a holy book were recovered from the possession of militants. Sources said the four militants were reported to have infiltrated into Indian side yesterday morning but couldn’t reach a hideout or contact their associates in the absence of a guide. They reached close to a village, where they were noticed by local people. Meanwhile, Poonch police today recovered six AK magazines, one hand grenade, three pouches, one AK rifle grenade and two bags from Sathra in Mandi sector where army and police had killed four militants on Saturday. The recovery was in addition to the seizure effected at the time of encounter. Meanwhile, reliable sources today put the number of army jawans killed in an encounter with the militants in Laa area of Thanna Mandi in Rajouri district at four. Yesterday, the reports had pointed out the number of killed army jawans at three. Besides, three army soldiers including a Major were injured yesterday and reports said three more jawans were injured today. So far, army had gunned down two militants in Laa as against the reports of 15 to 20 militants presence in the heights of the village. Troops continued searches to eliminate rest of the militants. |
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Police, NR review situation Bomb seized near Yatris hall Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: Police today seized an old explosive device from near the Jambulochan community hall near Central Jail at Ambphalla while Crime and Railways Police disclosed that deadly RDX had been used in last night’s scooter explosion at Railway Station in which 48 persons were injured. Jambulochan community hall, run by Jammu Municipality, was being braced up for lodging Amarnath pilgrims, who will start pouring in to the City for pilgrimage, beginning July 2. Police said the labour, digging a workshop opposite the community hall for construction of bath-rooms for the pilgrims, noticed the explosive device about three feet deep. Labour became alert and informed local police. City police parties rushed to the spot immediately and sealed the area. The explosive device was seized by bomb disposal squad of Police Control Room (PCR). Police said the device appeared to be a very old one and had become ‘irrelevant’. "The bomb was not in a position to explode", they added, indicating that the device might have been planted a long back by the saboteurs but didn’t explode. "Nevertheless, police was taking all precautionary measurers outside all community halls where Amarnath yatris are being lodged to thwart any possibility of a strike by the militants", police said. Meanwhile, Railways Police today continued investigations in last night’s scooter bomb blast outside army’s Movement Control Office (MCO) at Railway Station that left 48 persons, mostly tourists and army jawans injured. Railways Police officials led by IGP Crime and Railways Masood Chowdhary held a meeting with Northern Railways officials including Divisional Railway Manager, who had specially come here from Jalandhar to review the situation arising out of yesterday’s explosion. Police officials suggested a series of measures required urgently for making fool-proof security arrangements in view of sensitivity of Jammu Railway Station, where hundreds of pilgrims reach daily for darshan of Mata Vaishnodevi shrine. Though official sources didn’t give details of the meeting, reliable sources said the officials of Northern Railways (NR) expressed their helplessness in implementing the suggestions due to acute financial crunch. Suggestions included fencing of a part of Railway Station and construction of one more platform for de-congestion at the existing platforms. Besides, Railways Police have also taken up the issue of shifting their Movement Control Office to another place to reduce de-congestion at the existing place. Police sources said the investigations revealed that RDX had been used in the blast. However, no arrest has so far been made in connection with the blast. Investigations continued. |
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Bridegroom among 4
injured Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: Militants attacked the house of a Village Defence Committee (VDC) member, whose marriage was scheduled for tomorrow, in Tondua Mohalla on the outskirts of Doda tonight causing serious injuries to four persons including bridegroom and two females. Official reports said two to three militants attacked the house of VDC member Om Parkash son of Lallu Ram at about 2150 hours tonight. They switched off the lights in the house and opened firing. After about a minute of firing, the militants escaped in darkness in a by-lane. Family members, relatives and some neighbours of Om Parkash had gathered in the house for a pre-marriage ceremony when the militants struck. Police sources, however, said that militants lobbed a grenade on the house after snapping off the electricity lines and fled away. Injured persons were immediately rushed to district hospital of Doda where condition of all of them was stated to be serious. Injured have been identified as Om Parkash, Ram Singh, a Special Police Officer (SPO) son of Thakur Singh, Shakti Devi wife of Balwant Thakur and Darshana Devi, 12, daughter of Mool Raj. SSP Doda Ashkoor Wani rushed to the house alongwith police and para-military personnel for investigations. Police laid a siege around Tondua Mohalla and started searches for the militants involved in the attack. Our Udhampur correspondent adds: Special Task Force (STF) Bhaderwah today arrested two youths, who were suspected to have their links with the militants. They were identified as Mohd Aslam of Charala Mohalla and Arshad Ahmed of Kali Mohalla, Bhaderwah. They were whisked away by the STF team for questioning. Meanwhile, four houses were completely damaged as hailstorm lashed Ramban tehsil of Doda this morning. Jammu-Srinagar national highway also remained closed for more than four hours due to hailstorm. |
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Separatist leader blasts Hurriyat NEW DELHI, June 26: Prominent London-based separatist leader Mohammed Ayub Thakur, who fled the Kashmir valley in the early 80s to launch a secessionist movement, has lambasted the Hurriyat Conference and described the seven executive members of the conglomerate as a "bunch of self-centred and shameless people." Accusing the Hurriyat leadership of indulging in petty politics, Dr Thakur, who has highlighted the Kashmir cause at various international fora, said the very basis and direction of "our political movement" was wrong. He made these observations in an interview to the weekly ‘Chattan’. "The Hurriyat is an apex body of various separatist and secessionist groups, having different ideologies and approaches on the Kashmir issue. Its leaders lack political maturity and are involved in a game of one-upmanship," the leader asserted. Referring to the proposed summit meeting between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Dr Thakur said that Islamabad should insist on involving the Kashmiris in the dialogue. He, however, lauded the Kashmir leadership for refusing to enter into a dialogue with the Centre. Dr Thakur, who is the chief of the World Kashmir Freedom Movement, favoured setting up of an ‘accountability commission’ to probe assets of seperatist leaders, who are at present leading the Kashmir movement. He admitted that the Hurriyat leaders had advised him against such a call, saying it would expose them. He held that if any leader was reluctant to disclose his assets, it meant he was not honest. The seperatist leader disclosed that Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah advised him not to visit the Valley during a meeting in Jeddah in the early 90s, after seeing adverse reports about the latter at the Indian consulate in Jeddah. Dr Thakur did his doctorate from Kashmir University and joined as a lecturer there, but was sacked from service for indulging in political activities. He later shifted to Saudi Arabia, from where he migrated to Britain. (UNI) |
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Mediator arrested Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: Police today arrested four persons including a Director of Sainik Colony Board for assaulting a cricketer in playfield at Sainik Colony recently. In another incident in the same area, a group of youths from Samba handed over a severe thrashing to a political activist for not refunding their money taken on the assurance of employment. Police sources identified four arrested persons as Narinder Singh alias Bunti, Director of Sainik Colony Board, Vikrant Singh, Ashok Singh and Pancharak, all residents of Sainik Colony. They were taken into custody this morning. Sources said all four persons had beaten-up a cricket player Sunil Chowdhary son of Des Raj in a playfield at Sainik Colony over a minor tiff. Cricketer had lodged a complaint with Sainik Colony police post immediately after the assault. A case against arrested persons has also been registered for further investigations. Meanwhile, a political activist Ghulam Hassan, stated to be a worker of Lok Jan Shakti party of Ram Vilas Paswan was beaten-up in his house at Sainik Colony by a group of four youths of Samba last night. Police said Ghulam Hassan had allegedly taken money from the youths for getting them employed in the Government Departments. Hassan, who hailed from Baramulla, neither arranged the Government job for youths nor returned their amount of Rs two lakh. After handing over a sound thrashing to Hassan, the youths lodged a complaint with Sainik Colony post demanding refunding of their money. Sainik Colony police have arrested one Mohan Singh, a resident of Ban Talab, who had allegedly acted as mediator between Hassan and youths. He was being questioned. Police said Ghulam Hassan was also likely to be arrested if he didn’t return the money of unemployed youths. |
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Jammu Bar seeks CJI’s intervention Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: The dharna launched by Bar Association Jammu in protest against the opening of fast Track/Circuit Courts, today entered fourth day today, as Association has sought the intervention of Chief Justice of India to resolve the issue. Large number of Advocates today sat on a dharna at High Court Complex Janipura in order to register their protest against the opening of these courts. Bar president, D S Saini claimed that on the second day of reopening of the courts after summer vacations, all the lawyers abstained from appearing in the High Court and other Subordinate Courts. He claimed that the strike was full and complete. Meanwhile, the indefinite strike launched by Jammu Advocates in protest against the opening of Fast Track/Circuit Courts entered 65th day today. The Advocates have been demanding revoking of the order of the Chief Justice of J&K Dr B P Saraf under which these courts have been opened in Jammu division. The Bar’s contention has been that such a scheme will " derail the entire judicial system". Meanwhile, Bar chief today sent fax messages to Chief Justice of India and Union Law Minister, impressing upon them to intervene so as to put an end to the 65 day long strike of Jammu lawyers as "all efforts to resolve the issue amicably in the larger public interest have failed". " The institution of judiciary has already suffered an irreparable loss", Mr Saini said. |
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Govt to release DA installment Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, June 26: The Chief Secretary, Mr Ashok Jaitly today said that the government is releasing the pending instalment of DA shortly. The Chief Secretary was interacting with a delegation of the Jammu and Kashmir United Employees Forum, which called on him here today. The delegation was headed by the chairman of the Forum, Syed Ashraf Qadri. As regards COLA, the Government will consider the demand sympathetically, the Chief Secretary added. He told them that the Government have not withdrawn SRO-43 governing compassionate appointments in the administration. He said that a wrong impression has been sought to be created in the minds of employees that the Government have withdrawn the SRO and deprived the dependents of the employees, who die in harness, from the benefit of compassionate appointments. Mr Jaitly said that as regards the issue of regularization of daily wagers, who were engaged prior to 1994 and have completed seven years of continuous service, shall be regularized in a phased manner. He said the cabinet will also take a view on the demand for continuation of those daily wagers who were engaged in different departments after 1994. |
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SRINAGAR, June 26: A senior Shia leader today accused Pakistan of not making its position clear on the Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and northern areas of Jammu and Kashmir under its control. Addressing a press conference here after announcing his decision to join the Shabir Ahmad Shah-led Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Mr Aga Abdul Hussain Budgami demanded a clear stand by Islamabad on the issue. He said he was "totally disappointed" during his three-month stay in Pakistan last year, adding that "we cannot however ignore the role of Pakistan in our political struggle". Mr Budgami, a younger brother of Hurriyat Conference leader Aga Syed Hassan, alleged that Kashmiri leaders lacked a clear strategy vis-a-vis their ongoing struggle and added that these leaders had created confusion among people who were closely monitoring the situation in the Valley from outside. (UNI) |
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Pak party for end to gun in Kashmir ISLAMABAD, June 26: In a significant development ahead of the Indo-Pak summit, hardcore religious party Jamat Ulema-e-Islam of Pakistan (JUI) today appealed to militant groups to announce an indefinite ceasefire to enable India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue. "Guns should fall silent" for sometime in Kashmir in order to facilitate India and Pakistan to address the "legitimate concerns" of all parties to the dispute at the Agra summit, JUI chief Moulana Fazlur Rehman told reporters here. Moulana Rehman, who recently organised one of the biggest international Deoband religious conferences in Peshawar, also appealed to India to declare a ceasefire to create an atmosphere of peace in Kashmir ahead of the summit. "We call upon the Indian Government and the Mujahideen groups to observe ceasefire to give negotiations and peace a chance," he said. He appreciated Hurriyat Conference’s decision to call off all strikes. JUI’s appeal could have a significant impact on the Pakistan-based militant groups like Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat Ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Badar which owe allegiance to militant Islamic Deoband school of thought. Militant groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba follow Alhadi school of Islamic Jihad. Rehman called for a ceasefire just before attending a religious groups’ party meeting also attended by prominent fundamentalist outfit Jamat-e-Islami. His call also comes ahead of tomorrow’s all party meeting called by Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf to discuss his forthcoming visit to India. The JUI leader welcomed the Indo-Pak summit as a "sensible step towards peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue, trade and nuclear stabilisation in the region." Rehman also appealed to both the countries to show flexibility and respond to the view of the Kashmiris. Musharraf is due to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for talks during his July 14-16 India visit. Rehman said both the leaders should not become ‘prisoners’ of past and look towards future to develop mutually beneficial relations. (PTI) |
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Intoxicants haul in Sunderbani Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, June 26: Sunderbani police today arrested a drug-peddler and recovered 4000 capsules of Parvan Spas, concealed in 20 boxes, from his possession. DIG Rajouri-Poonch range S S Bijral said the arrest was part of a sustained drive launched by police against drug-addiction in the district. Drug-peddler identified as Mohd Rafiq son of Mohd Sadiq, a resident of village was arrested from a mini-bus No. 2840 JK02N in Sunderbani this morning. Four thousand Parvan Spas capsules, which the drug-peddler had concealed under chilly powder, were recovered by police party. Bijral said Rafiq was working as an agent of one Raju, an employee of Aman Medical Hall, Rajouri. Last year also, Rafiq had been arrested alongwith 400 bottles of Corex. A case against Rafiq has been registered for further investigations. |
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ED seeks custody of money, documents seized from JKIF men NEW DELHI, June 26: Enforcement Directorate (ED) today moved a Delhi court for the custody of the documents and Rs 15 lakh seized from two of the six Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) activists, who were arrested here last week. In an application filed in the court of metropolitan magistrate A K Sarpal, Chief Enforcement Officer R K Ajmani requested the court to direct police authorities to hand over the said documents and the money seized from Feroze Ahmad Mir and Md Sayed Tantrik alias Yusuf. "These persons are involved in hawala transactions and they have contravened section 3 of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)," the application filed through counsel Navin Matta said. The court is yet to look into the matter. Earlier, metropolitan magistrate D K Sharma had on June 22 allowed an ED official to interrogate Mir and Tantrik in this connection. Besides Mir and Tantrik, the four others arrested are—Mohammad Manzoor Mir, Mohammad Lateef Hajaam, Abdul Rashid Gojri and Inderjit Singh alias Bali— all of who were remanded to three-day police custody for interrogation yesterday. Police had claimed that with their arrest, it frustrated attempts by JKIF to revive militant activities in and outside Jammu and Kashmir. JKIF, an offshoot of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, has been making desperate attempts to revive its cadre and carry out militant activities in the State and in the national capital, police had said. (PTI) |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 26: Kishtwar police last night rescued a young woman from a hotel and arrested her alleged kidnapper. Hotel ‘Benarsi Dass’ was raided by police party and the woman rescued from the clutches of one Faiz Ahmed of Jammu, driver of bus No. 7981 JKR when he was trying to rape her under the influence of liquor. Woman, whose identity wasn’t disclosed by police, had come to Kishtwar from a village for medical treatment in the hospital. She was lured by Faiz with the assurance that he will arrange free accommodation for her in a hotel. Police have registered a case against Faiz at Kishtwar police station. Raiding police party was led by SHO Nitish Kumar, IPS. |
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Musharraf to find out whether Atal stood for peace or war ISLAMABAD, June 26: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf today said he would try to find out whether Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee "stood for peace or war" during his forthcoming summit with him. Musharraf, during his interaction with senior editors of Pakistani newspapers, said that after reading the poetry by Vajapayee he is confused whether the Indian Prime Minister "stood for peace or war". Musharraf said that Vajpayee’s poems represent his two faces — one soft and another harsh, according to some of the editors who took part in the meeting. "We do not know who real Vajpayee is", Musharraf said adding he is going to find out during his talks with the Indian leader. (PTI) |
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