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staying family By Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Nov 1: A piquant situation emerged at Chakkan-Da-Bagh on Line of Control in Poonch district, the only point now in Jammu region for movement of civilians of divided State (after the closure of Tatta Pani for last three months), with Pakistan army and PoK authorities not turning up to the point to take four PoK citizens, who have been overstaying in Indian territory for more than 10 days. However, all four family members were jubilant and were seen dancing at Rangar Nullah, where their divided family members, putting up at Tarana, Mendhar and Chandak, Poonch had seen off them this morning wailing. They returned from Chakkan-Da-Bagh as none from Pakistan army and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) authorities turned up at Chakkan-Da-Bagh despite agreeing to come at the LoC point to take their civilians back. Of four member of PoK family, hailing from Kotli, a 21 year old girl Nahida daughter of Ghulam Ahmed, who had to appear in her first exam of Graduation at Kotli on November 6, had no regrets for the fear that she would miss the paper if she is unable to reach her house by that date. "I can sacrifice the paper. I can sacrifice my life if I’m allowed to stay in this part", she told the officials as she returned to Chandak in Poonch district this evening in the house of her maternal uncle Safed Khan along with his parents Ghulam Ahmed and Khalida Begum and brother Tauseef Ahmed. Official sources said families of Nahida’s maternal uncle from Chandak and grand parents (Nana-Nani) from Tarana, Mendhar had come to see off their divided family members at Chakkan-Da-Bagh after all four were forcibly taken away by authorities for deporting them to PoK following yesterday’s flag meeting between two Armies on return of the overstaying civilians. The family members were seen wailing when they saw off their relatives at Rangar Nullah, the last point where upto relatives are allowed before LoC crossing at Chakkan-Da-Bagh. They kept on waiting at Rangar Nullah and were seen dancing along with Ghulam Ahmed’s family when they returned from LoC point this evening. According to sources, Ghulam Ahmed’s family had been overstaying in this part of the State since October 23 when they had to return to PoK in fortnightly Poonch-Rawalakot bus service. However, they didn’t turn up and were declared missing and charged with illegally staying in Indian territory. As a report to this effect appeared in the Excelsior on October 24, authorities in Poonch traced the missing family at Tarana, Mendhar. The family pleaded with the authorities that they should be allowed to celebrate Eid on October 25 with their divided family members and only then they be deported to PoK. Authorities agreed to their request. Sources said Additional District Development Commissioner Mubarak Singh and Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Qadeer Malik accompanied four family members to Chakkan-Da-Bagh this morning after clearance by Customs and Immigration authorities. The two officers along with four PoK civilians waited at Zero Point at Chakkan-Da-Bagh for two hours but no body from PoK including Pakistan army officers or civil authorities turned up to take their civilians back despite the fact that through communication channels they had agreed to come at the meeting point today to take overstaying civilians back. Finally, the officers and the family returned to Poonch at 5.30 pm. The family has been allowed to stay with their maternal uncle at Chandak, sources said, adding efforts would be made to deport them tomorrow. "If efforts didn’t materialise then the family would be sent via fortnightly Poonch-Rawalakot bus service on Monday (November 6)", they said. The family had come to this side on Rawalakot-Poonch bus on a 15 day permit on September 25. They had to return on October 9 but their stay was extended by next 15 days and they had to return on October 23. However, they didn’t report on the day of return and were declared missing. As reported, two aged civilians after coming to this side from PoK to meet their divided families in Rajouri, had obtained a stray from the court on their deportation as they too were overstaying following expiry of their maximum one month permit. |
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From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Nov 1: National Conference (NC) has accused arch rival People's Democratic Party (PDP) of having plagiarised the concept and features of its "self-rule" from the former's "greater autonomy" which had been ratified by both Houses of Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council as a Resolution in the year 2000. The major Opposition party has challenged the ruling coalition partner to bring its self-rule draft for a discussion and ratification in the State Legislature. While addressing a crowded news conference at his party headquarters of Nawa-e-Subah this afternoon, NC's President, Omar Abdullah, claimed that the features of PDP's self-rule concept, made public by the former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at a public meeting last week before his departure for New York, were no different from NC's paper on greater autonomy. He asserted that Mufti's self-rule assertions were a bizarre case of political plagiarism and PDP was finally hanging on to what had actually become NC's mark of identification over the last five decades. "There's nothing new in Mufti's self-rule", Omar said and read out paragraphs from the text of NC's draft on greater autonomy which had been passed as a Resolution during Dr Farooq Abdullah's Government by the State Legislature in July 2000. He established that everything from J&K having its independent Administrative and Police service to withdrawing Article 356 from the Centre's jurisdiction over the special status State was explicitly envisaged in the NC's paper and resolution on greater autonomy. He asserted that the NC's autonomy resolution had unambiguously stressed on revocation of Articles 355, 356, 357, 358, 359 and 360 of the Constitution of India from Jammu and Kashmir. "PDP has just changed its name and rechristened it as self-rule", Omar asserted. Omar said it was ironical that the same man, who, according to him, was the architect of dislodging four elected Governments in Jammu & Kashmir with the support of the Centre in the past, was now trying to emerge as the champion of Kashmir's autonomy by advocating revocation of Article 356. He claimed that the Centre's Article 356 had been the lifeline of Mufti Sayeed and passage of the greater autonomy Resolution by Farooq Abdullah's Government in the Assembly was the raison de'etre of PDP's birth. "Had there been no autonomy resolution, there would have been no PDP", Omar---then a member of the Union Council of Ministers---said with an implied reference to suggestions that the BJP-led NDA Government had encouraged launching of Mufti's regional party with an agenda. Omar said that, in the last four years, Mufti and his PDP had played the key role in "imposing federal laws" and thus undermining the remnants of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. He made a particular mention of the amendments in the State subject law and the legislation on transfer of properties, both opposed by the NC. "There is a radical difference between the two parties: PDP wants disintegration of the State on regional, linguistic and religious lines. NC is in favour of more powers to these entities on the basis of need and merit", Omar added. The NC chief also drew a contrast between the leadership in Islamabad and New Delhi: "General Musharraf has been boldly asserting in everything from self-rule and withdrawal of troops to dismissing the UN resolutions, Azadi and accession to Pakistan. New Delhi has been looking for agents to respond to Islamabad". As regards the performance of the coalition Government in the last four years, Omar claimed that Mufti-Azad regime had failed on all fronts. He alleged that the human rights situation had grown to be far worse than what it was during National Conference regime. He, in fact, sought to make it clear that NC would never join any working group of PM's Roundtable Kashmir Conference unless and until Dr Manmohan Singh's and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's public commitments of zero-tolerance of human rights abuse by Police and security forces were implemented in the state in letter and spirit. He alleged that most of the armed forces' camps had been turned into torture centres and the hapless Kashmiris were being killed with impunity. He asserted that the PM's zero-tolerance assurances could never be implemented as along as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act existed in the state. |
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Govt sanctions 10 more battalions Tekanpur, MP, Nov 1: Paramilitary forces are being expanded in view of the situation along India’s borders and internal security, Union Home Secretary V K Duggal said today. "In the post-Kargil scenario, the Centre began implementing the principle of ‘one border-one paramilitary force’,’’ he told mediapersons after witnessing an Assistant Commandants’ passing-out parade at the Border Security Force (BSF) Academy here. Consequently, the BSF was placed in charge of the borders facing Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) maintains a vigil along the Sino-Indian border and the Assam Rifles guards the Myanmar border. The Government has sanctioned raising of 10 more battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force during 2006-07 to strengthen the para military force mainly responsible for Internal Security and counter-insurgency duties. The raising of these battalions would also help in relieving the Border Security Force (BSF) from counter insurgency role. The CRPF will start recruitment in January, 2007 for filling up more than 16,000 constable level vacancies against the new battalions and the normal annual vacancies. The recruitment to these battalions will be done on all India basis in accordance with the policy of the Government which lays down 60 per cent recruitment of constables proportionately from the States and Union Territories and 40 per cent from the areas affected by extremism and militancy to provide additional employment opportunities to the youth of the strife-torn areas. When it comes to internal security and border management, the chief tasks are preventing external aggression, infiltration, smuggling of drugs and explosives. "Coastal security is also in special focus and a sum of Rs 500 crore was disbursed for it. Besides, Rs 400 crore were provided to Gujarat and Maharashtra especially for establishment of police stations, training, modernisation and opening of an academy. The first response to an attack on the border has to be given by paramilitary forces while the Army steps in later,’’ Mr Duggal explained. Responding to a question on wage anomalies of paramilitary forces, he said that as per the Home Ministry’s policy paramilitary forces enjoy the status of ‘Armed Forces of the Union’. "Certain allowances are higher for paramilitary personnel while some others are higher for Army personnel. Union Home Minister Shivraj V Patil is seized of the matter and has conducted a meeting in this regard. Thirty CRPF battalions are in reserve for combating naxalism,’’ the bureaucrat added. In the context of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agents being nabbed in some states, Mr Duggal admitted that India’s borders were porous at several places. "The Nepal and Bangladesh borders are suspect but our intelligence network combines with State Governments to foil infiltration attempts. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has provided a few crucial suggestions, at a meeting of Chief Ministers, for strengthening the network of informers,’’ he said. Earlier, he took the salute today at an impressive Assistant Commandants' passing-out parade at the Border Secrity Force (BSF) Academy here. Among those present were BSF Director-General A K Mitra, Additional DG M L Kumawat, Academy Director A K Surolia and Chief Trainer Brigadier S C Verma. Mr Duggal presented the Sword of Honour to Rakesh Kumar, the Director-General's Trophy to Mahesh Kumar Kanyal, Director's Baton and Home Minister's Trophy to Dinesh Kumar Singh. Others honoured included Rajesh Kumar, Bhagatsingh Yogeshwar Das, Abhishek Tiwari, Anil Bodh and Vishal Sharma.(UNI) |
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Musharraf faces huge credibility crisis: Asma WASHINGTON, Nov 1: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is facing a "huge credibility crisis" and needs to demonstrate that there are no terrorist training camps inside his country by denying immunity to militants, noted human rights activist Asma Jahangir has said. "I would not have first hand knowledge" of any such terrorist camps inside Pakistan," the head of Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission said during the course of a presentation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace here. She was asked about the terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir. "However I would like to stress that there is a huge credibility crisis for the General. Huge... He has to really demonstrate that they (terrorist training camps) are not there and by demonstrating I mean that we have to ensure that there is no immunity for these people," Jahangir said during an interactive session at the end of her formal presentation on "Transition in Pakistan". "We cannot demonstrate if we are going to give them the kid glove... I believe we have to really be more serious about it. It can’t go on for ever," she said. Asked about the prospects of the Indo-Pak dialogue, Jahangir said "There are hitches. There will always be. But I hope that we will continue to at least talk to each other because by not talking it can become dangerous to both". In her formal presentation, Jahangir slammed the regime of Gen Musharraf and cautioned the powers that be sitting in Washington of the goings on in Pakistan stressing that the inability to figure out what was really taking place in the administration of Musharraf is leading to increasing resentment among the people of the country. "There is no semblance of democracy... Institutions have stopped working, " Jahangir said and added that the military dictatorship has become dysfunctional "and simply not working". The human rights advocate was quite sceptical of the fashion in which Gen Musharraf is going to run the elections of next year often seen in the framework of "free and fair" polls. In 2002 there was a "large effort" at pre-rigging the elections and for 2007 the situation is not going to be any different. "They (meaning the military) would have to rig it to win it", Jahangir said adding "there are no signs of free and fair elections". One of the major focus of Jahangir’s presentation was on the role of Pakistan Human Rights Commission in tracking down disappearances, the categories of people that would include Baluch nationalists, religious minorities like Hindus often picked up when relationship went sour with India, so called terror suspects and even journalists, especially from Sindh and Punjab. The Pakistani human rights advocate dismissed the notion that the military operation in Baluchistan had anything to do with either the Al Qaeda or the war on terrorism, rather the military regime is "only after the oil and natural gas resources" of Baluchistan. Jahangir was optimistic of the future of Pakistan and in the yearning of the people for genuine democracy. The Pakistani human rights advocate argued that leadership in the country did not confine itself to the existing ones or the ones that had been tossed out in the recent past."We have raw material. We need a new and right environment," she said, adding "You don’t get rid of democracy for a failed leadership".(PTI) |
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Army orders probe into fatricidal killings NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Seven fatricidal killings in just the last thirty days has shaken the army top brass into action with Army Chief Gen JJ Singh instructing his top commanders to probe the incidents and come up with corrective measures. "We are concerned over the rising number of such incidents specially in counter insurgency areas and suitable measures are being institutionalised," he told PTI. "I have conveyed my personal instructions to the commanders on the subject and told them to assess each incident," Singh said. A top army official said "pro-active approach has been made to improve officer-men relations in present and emerging environment." He said as a first step, remedial measures like counselling was being institutionalised in all training institutions. "Rest and recuperation centres are being set up where troops can go to reduce stress levels," he said. Since last year as many as 12 cases of fratricidal killings have rocked Army, mostly in formations engaged in battling militants in Jammu and Kashmir. There have been no such cases reported among troops posted on the Line of Control. "Counsellors and psychologists are increasingly being used in operational areas. Medical attention for cases which may need assistance is being organised on top priority basis," the official said. He also said yoga was increasingly being used as part of morning drill to act as a stress buster. "Though court of inquiry is insituted in every case of death in the Army. But now under Army Chief’s instructions every case is being probed and studied deeply," he said. On emergency basis 50 counsellors are being trained, 40 to be despatched to formations in Northern Command, which encompasses Jammu and Kashmir, and 10 to Eastern Command. Army has also proposed setting up of civil-military liason cells to look after domestic problems of servicemen. With prolonged separation from families being traced as one of the main reasons for building stress among soldiers, Army has told contractors to speed up work on projects of married accommodation, which are already underway. "This was one of the main issues which was delibrated extensively in the just-concluded army commanders conference on October 31," the official said. In fact, the Army chief has been so concerned over these fratricidal killings, suicides and other ills creeping into the forces, that he made it a point to put it before former army chiefs to elicit their suggestions and views. At the recent second former Army Chiefs conclave, which was attended by as many as eight former chiefs, Adjutant General Mathew Thomas made a detailed presentation on the subject. The former chiefs made their suggestions during a two-hour-long open forum in presence of Singh. (PTI) |
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3 brothers get 7 year RI for murder of brother Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Nov 1: Principal Sessions Judge Udhampur, Kartar Singh today awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 5000/- each to three brothers namely Ghulam Hussain, Mohd Farooq and Mohd Rafiq, sons of Mohd Shafi of Village Nallah Mallin Tehsil Ramnagar, who were facing trail in a murder case of their real brother Sher Ali on a land dispute. In the judgment announced in the presence of the accused who were in custody, the Judge after hearing Public Prosecutor G R Khajuria appearing for the State and Advocate Anil Vijay appearing for the accused persons, observed that the prosecution evidence cannot be ignored by mere fact that the defence as also led evidence to prove that the accused and deceased were having cordial relations with each-other when it otherwise stands proved contrary to it from the direct evidence corroborated by the medical evidence. The prosecution story is that the deceased went to the house of his father and demanded his share in the land. His father refused to give him any share and scuffle ensued the accused, who are real brothers of the deceased, they administered a beating to him as a result of which he sustained injuries on his head and succumbed to them later on. This fact cannot be lost sight of that as per the evidence of the eye-witnesses. It is proved that there is no case pre-meditation or pre-conceived attack by the accused on the deceased. On the other hand a scuffle ensued at the spur of moment when the deceased demanded his share in the land from his father. The accused did not cause injuries with an intention to cause death but only with the knowledge in respect of the injuries inflicted may be likely to cause death but did not show any intention to cause death that consequently falls with in the ambit of section 305 Part-II of Ranbir Penal Code. Mr. Kartar Singh further observed that from the prosecution evidence, the accused used violence and injuries were caused to deceased due to which the deceased ultimately died. The accused Ghulam Hussain inflicted injures on the head of the deceased with a ‘Bangari’ whereas the other accused caught hold of him and administered a beating to him with legs and fist blows. "Taking into the consideration of facts of the case in totality and the manners in which the crime was committed, the case of the accused would not be covered by section 302 RPC but however, it is proved that they have committed an offence u/s 304 Part-II RPC r/w section 34 RPC and they are convicted under the said section", the Court held. The Judge while awarding sentence, further observed that from the perusal of the record it appears that the statements of the accused were recorded on April 8, 2006 and that time the age of the accused has been shown as 34 years, 24 years and 32 years respectively. They have committed the offence two years (on May 19, 2004) prior to that date and the accused are only first offenders and have clean record. There is no history of previous crime to their credit. The alleged offence has been committed in the heat of passions. "Taking into the consideration of all these extenuating circumstances, the accused are convicted u/s 304 Part-II r/w section 34 RPC and sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each and to a pay a fine Rs 5000/- each," the Court ordered. |
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Nov 1: Negligence on the part of security officials was the reason for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s motorcade deviating from its planned route here, Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said today. Balakrishnan met Singh and apprised him of the reasons for the security flaw when the Prime Minister was on his way from the Airport to Rajbhavan here last night. Preliminary investigation has found that negligent handling of the Prime Minister’s motorcade was the reason for the security lapse, Balakrishnan told reporters. He said stringent action would be taken against erring officials. The State Government has suspended Balachandran, Circle Inspector, city armed reserved camp and in charge of the pilot vehicle last night. Police said the driver of the pilot vehicle Shiju, who was taken into custody after straying off the prescribed route for the Prime Minister’s convoy, was let off today after questioning. Shiju, a private taxi driver hired for the job, was released after he gave in writing to police that he did not deviate from the route and only followed the instructions of the police officials in the car, police said. Shiju was admitted to a private hospital by his relatives after he complained of chest pain, family sources said.(PTI) |
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NEW DELHI, Nov 1: The BJP today stepped up its attack on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad over the Afzal row, accusing him of redefining clemency following his comments that he did not favour death sentence for the Parliament attack convict. "He is speaking in favour of not hanging (Parliament attack convict) Mohammad Afzal and his explanation that he kept mum on his earlier (reported) statement is more bizarre," BJP spokesman Parkash Javadekar told reporters here. He alleged that Azad’s comments that he personally was not in favour of capital punishment were in fact an attempt to save Afzal from execution. "In his explanation, Azad says he has not asked for clemency for Afzal but argues that he should be kept in prison for the whole of his life. He is in a way redefining the meaning of clemency," the BJP leader said. His comments came in the wake of the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister’s remarks that he believed there was no harm in remaining silent over reports about his stand on Afzal’s case because such stories were putting a "lid on agitation" in his state.(PTI) |
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Gokhale new vice chief of Air Staff New Delhi, Nov 1: Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale took over as Vice-Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters today. He succeeded Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani who retired after 40 years of distinguished service. Meanwhile, Air Marshal G S Chaudhry took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command, and Air Marshal P V Naik VSM as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Air Command. Commissioned into the Indian Air Force in June 1968 in the fighter stream. Air Marshal Gokhale saw active operations during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. He is a recipient of the ‘Ati Vishisht Seva Medal’ and the ‘Vayu Sena Medal’. A graduate of the Defence Service Staff College and an alumnus of the Air War College, USA, he held a variety of operational and staff appointments during his career. His operational assignments included the command of a frontline fighter squadron and the command of a premier air base. He had assignments abroad as flying instructor in Iraq and as Indian Defence Attache, Cairo. As Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Operations, he played an important role in planning and execution of air operations, including ‘Operation Parakram’. Before his present assignment, he was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command. (UNI) |
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SHRC seeks report on Engg's killing Srinagar, Nov 1: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Kashmir police chief to file within seven days a factual report on the killing of a Kashmiri engineer in Delhi, which sparked massive protest here. The directions from SHRC chairman M Y Kawoosa came on a complaint filed by Ishfaq Ahmad Lone, brother of the deceased engineer Irshad Ahmad Lone. The complaint alleged that Irshad, a resident of Channapora, had gone to Delhi for seeking a job in an automobile company but arrested and later tortured to death by the Delhi police on September 21. Seeking justice, it prayed that the circumstances in which Irshad was killed be investigated and those found guilty punished. The SHRC directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range to furnish a detailed factual report in the matter by November 7. The killing of Irshad triggered a massive protest for four days in the up town Channapora and adjoining areas, demanding action against the Delhi police officials. Cutting across party lines, separatists and mainstream political parties also strongly condemned the killing of Irshad and demanded probe. However, the Delhi police have already denied the allegations. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has taken up the matter with his Delhi counterpart who assured to get the incident investigated.(UNI) |
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Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 1: A militant, Farooq Ahmad Kalas, entered the house of one Mubarak Shah at Sheikhpora Salar in South Kashmir in a bid to abduct him. However, the family members overpowered him and snatched his weapon. The militant, however, managed to escape. The weapon of the militant was later handed over to security forces by Shah. Security forces arrested a militant alongwith two hand grenades, one AK rifle and 10 rounds of ammunition from Tantraypora in north Kashmir while a militant surrendered along with one AK rifle, three magazines and 81 rounds of ammunition at Achabal in south Kashmir. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 1: A surrendered militant was kidnapped and killed by the militants at village Lancha in Gool area of Ramban police district last night. He has been identified as Abdul Karim alias Yasin alias Yankee son of Imam Din R/o Lancha. Official sources said Abdul Karim had surrendered before 11 BSF on January 8, 2005. He was kidnapped and killed by the militants last night. His body was recovered from village Kairywali Wakiwali in Gool area. Police recovered the body this morning and sent it for post-mortem. Troops of 23 Rashtriya Rifles and Banihal police destroyed a hide-out of the militants at Kandan Khari and recovered one Universal Machine Gun (UMG), three UBGL, one AK magazine, 91 Pika rounds, six grenades, one Chinese grenade, 33 detonators, one kg RDX and three meters wire. BSF jawan falls prey to militants' bullet SRINAGAR, : Militants shot dead a BSF jawan and critically injured another in the busy Regal Chowk area today sparking panic in the heart of the city. The incident occurred at around 3 pm when the pistol-borne militants fired at two BSF personnel from point blank range, official sources said. Both the jawans were rushed to the hospital where head constable Mohammad Ashraf Khan was declared brought dead, while the condition of constable Rajpaul Singh was stated to be critical, they said adding the jawans had just alighted from their vehicle for shopping when the ultras struck. The shooting sparked off panic as people ran for shelter after the incident, the sources said. Police and security forces immediately cordoned the area and at least 20 persons including several shopkeepers and their salesmen were detained for questioning in connection with the incident. In another incident, militants shot dead a former special police officer Puneet Paul Singh outside a hospital in Baramulla district town of north kashmir this afternoon. Singh, who disassociated from police few months back was moving near the hospital when militants shot at him with a pistol killing him on the spot, the sources said. Meanwhile, police arrested a youth Mohammad Ayub with the help of locals after he intruded into a house with a fake gun and tried to extort money posing as a militant at Rajpora in Pulwama district. Ayub intruded into the house of Nazir Ahmad Kumar brandishing the toy gun and threatened the inmates demanding money. However, Ayub locked him and informed police and subsequently he was arrested, the sources said. (PTI) Azad seeks
support of political SRINAGAR, Nov 2: Describing Kashmir issue as a complicated one due to the "involvement" of foreign countries in its affairs, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today sought support of political parties including separatists to find a solution through consensus. Without naming any country, he said, in our state, interference of international politics is a reality. While some countries are openly involved in it, others are working behind the scene because of which the state politics is complicated. Azad was speaking at a function on the completion of one year of his government in the office. Terming the round table conference as the first major step after independence to seek political solution to the problem, he said the RTC provided an opportunity to everyone to putforth his viewpoint on the Kashmir. This was the biggest plateform to reach a consensus, he said. Without rejecting or supporting the proposals of self rule putforth by PDP and greater autonomy by Opposition National Conference, Azad said the proposals like Centre-State relations, self-rule, autonomy or any other roadmap can be discussed at the RTC so that a consensus is build up on issue, he said. (PTI) |
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