JRL calls for shutdown tomorrow

Srinagar

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday have called for complete shutdown on tomorrow against the killing of Civilian and two militants in Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

In a statement, JRL “strongly condemning the killing of a student Shahid Ashraf Dar and two youth Sameer Ahmad and Aqib Wani by Indian armed forces and injuring more than 50 innocent unarmed people by using bullets and pellets and unleashing a reign of terror at Drabgam Pulwama and other parts of south Kashmir have called for complete shutdown on May 1, 2018  Tuesday against these killings.”

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Drabgam encounter: Sameer Tiger among two militants killed

Srinagar

Two Hizbul Mujahideen commanders, Sameer Tiger and Aqib Khan have been killed in Drabgam gunfight, reports said.

Hizb Militant Sameer Tiger.

They said that Sameer, a resident of Drabgam and Aqib a resident of Rajpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district were well-known faces of Hizbul Mujahideen.

Locals tried to disrupt the operation of the force and pelted them with rocks resulting in clashes near the gunfight site.

A 18-year-old boy, Shahid Ahmad was killed in the clashes. At least 18 others sustained injuries in forces action against protesting civilians.

The gunfight broke out in Drabgam village early today after the joint team of Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the area.

A major and a soldier of 44 RR were injured in the initial exchange of fire with the militants, reports said. The injured were shifted to 92 base military hospital in Badami Bagh Srinagar.

Two Army personnel, including an officer, also sustained bullet injuries during the gunfight with militants.

Forces had pressed helicopters in service against the hiding militants.

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Drabgam encounter: Train services suspended on Srinagar-Banihal track

Srinagar

Train services have been suspended in South Kashmir as a precautionary measure on Monday following a gunfight between militants and government forces in Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

“We have suspended train services in South Kashmir for security reasons,” a railway official said.

However, trains continued to chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in north Kashmir as per schedule, officials said.

Meanwhile, one civilian has been killed in the ongoing gunfight in Pulwama.

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Drabgam encounter: Civilian killed in clashes

Srinagar

A teenage youth was killed during intense clashes between government forces and protesters in Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.

Sources said that  Shahid Ashraf Dar (18) son of Mohammad Ashraf Dar, a resident of Arihal, sustained a critical bullet wound during the clashes near the site of a gun battle between forces and militants in Drabgam.

He was shifted to District Hospital Pulwama where doctors declared him dead on arrival, they said.

Medical Superintendent Pulwama hospital, Abdul Rashid Parra also confirmed the death of the youth. He said that the youth had received serious firearm injury.

The gunfight broke out in Drubgam village early today after the joint team of Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the area.

A major and a soldier of 44 RR were injured in the initial exchange of fire with the militants, reports said. The injured were shifted to 92 base military hospital in Badami Bagh Srinagar.

Over a dozen protesters have been injured during clashes near the encounter site. (GNS)

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Where do you stand on Kathua rape: Omar asks BJPDP

Srinagar

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdulla on Monday said that why are the government confused on Kathua rape and murder.

Taking social networking site twitter Omar wrote “2 BJP ministers removed in J&K for attending a pro-rapist rally & a MLA who is reported to have attended the same rally is promoted as a minister. Why are the BJP/ @MehboobaMufti  confused about where they stand on the #Kathua rape?.”

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Police seeks help of general public to identify male dead body

Srinagar

Police on Monday recovered a male dead body from the main market in Aishmuqam area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district.

Dead body

According to a police spokesman the body was found near the main market in Ashmuqam on Monday morning. Police have also recovered a medical prescription from his pocket which shows his name as Abdul Razak Wani, a resident of Baramullah.

If anybody knows the deceased, PCR Islamabad may be contacted on following numbers

9419051940, 01932-222870. Or contact SHO Aishmuqam on 959677762, 9596777641.

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Abducted minor girl recovered, accused arrested

Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have solved a kidnapping case of a girl in shortest possible time and arrested the accused involved in the crime

The spokesman in a statement said that on April 28, 2018, a report was lodged in Police Station Nigeen that one minor girl was reported missing and accordingly FIR 64/2018 under section 363 RPC was registered in Police Station Nigeen and investigation was taken up.

A police team headed by SHO Police Station Nigeen under the supervision of SDPO Zakora was constituted who made all efforts to trace the missing girl, the spokesman said.

The spokesman said that during an investigation of the case, various places were raided and many suspects were rounded up using human and technical resources which led to the recovery of a minor girl and subsequent arrest of the accused person identified as Bilal Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Rehman Bhat resident of Alimbhat Mohalla, Habbak Shanpora.

The girl was handed over to her parents after completing all legal formalities. Further investigation of the case is going on.

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