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Register murder case against SOG: rights panel Srinagar, January 8 In the Ali Muhammad Ranzoo vs State case the commission observed that SOG in charge Jogi Lankar Rainawari and his other collegues raided the house of the complainant on August 20, 1996 and arrested his son Javid Ahmad instead of his militant brother. “Javid was killed within hours of his arrest by the SOG personnel’’, the commission concluded. Stating that it clearly amounted to custodial killing, the judgement by Qazi Muzaffar-ud-Din directed the Crime Branch of the state to fix the liability and get the guilty prosecuted and punished by the court. The commission has recommended an interim ex-gratia relief of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and said an eligible person from among the next of kin of Javid be provided government employment. Javid was dubbed a militant by the police after his killing but the claim was countered by the CID. JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission (JKHRC) on Thursday issued notices to Inspector-Generals of Police of Kashmir and Jammu zones in connection with two alleged custodial deaths in Poonch and Srinagar districts last year. The JKHRC issued notices to the two IGPs and asked them to submit detailed reports on the two alleged custodial deaths, which had taken place under their jurisdictions, a commission spokesman said. The directive came after the families of the two victims approached the JKHRC with complaints against the police. In his complaint, Ahad Zoo of Sangla village in Poonch district alleged that his son Abdul Qayum, a student of class VIII, was abducted by some special police officers from their residence on October 24, 2003 and later killed in custody. Mohammad Mukhtiar Khanday of Dachhan village in Doda district said his brother Tariq Hussain was working as a servant in the house of the then Deputy Superintendent of J-K Armed Police’s seventh Battalion in Batmaloo when he died under mysterious circumstances. — UNI, PTI |
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3 killed in J&K, one terrorist held Srinagar, January 8 A group of gunmen entered the house of Abdul Majid Bhat at Brainty village in Anantnag district and demanded a colour TV and Rs 10,000 from him. On being refused, the gunmen cocked their weapons. Following this, Bhat was so scared that he suffered a cardiac arrest and he died on way to the hospital. The spokesman said a civilian identified as Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, an employee in the sub-district hospital at Tral who was injured in a shootout in Lariyal village of Pulwama district two days back, succumbed to his injuries today in SMHS Hospital here. When Sheikh’s body reached his village today, residents took to the streets and held a protest, alleging that the security forces shot him without any provocation, reports reaching here said. The police found the unidentified body of a person from the Dalgate locality of Srinagar this morning, sources said and added that the cause of death was being ascertained. Another civilian, Fareed Khan, was injured when he was caught in a crossfire between militants and security forces at the Chakipora forest in the Acahbal area of Anantnag district. Militants shot at and injured a civilian, Mohammad Nasir, after dragging him out of his house at Naili in the Thanamandi sector of Rajouri district last night, he said. The security forces arrested a militant of the Al-Fateh outfit from Quil-Muqam village in the Bandipora area of Baramula district and seized a pistol, two hand grenades and some ammunition from him. — PTI JAMMU:A militant of the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit was killed and two Army personnel injured in an encounter near the Line of Control in the Mendhar area of Poonch district last evening, official sources said today. The security forces, on specific information about the presence of militants, launched a search operation at Kasalbari village near the LoC and in the subsequent gunbattle, shot dead a militant belonging to the Hizbul Mujaheedin. One AK rifle along with its three magazines and 90 rounds, one pistol, one hand grenade, one wireless set and a letter head of the HM were seized from the slain militant, whose identity is yet to be ascertained. Subedar Rohitas Singh and Sepoy Ram Bahadur were injured in the encounter, they said, adding both were later hospitalised. In another incident, police recovered two handgrenades and an equal number of detonators near the Sher-i-Kashmir bridge in Poonch town last evening, the sources said. Meanwhile, Army troops have seized a 82-mm Chinese recoiless gun, weighing 28 kg and capable of bringing down planes and firing anti-tank missiles, from a hideout in Boda district of Jammu and Kashmir, a top defence official said today. Troops of Rashtriya Rifles seized the deadly gun along with high explosive (HE) bombs from a high altitude-hideout in the Banihal hills of Doda district besides a large quantity of ration and explosive material. The Chinese-made gun can bring down planes and destroy a camp with its HE-82 mm shells, the official said, adding that it can be fitted atop a vehicle or on a mountain. Anti-tank missiles can also be fired from the gun. |
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Surrendered militants welcome Indo-Pak talks Jammu, January 8 Khan had undergone training in terrorism at Muzaffarabad (POK) in 1988 and surrendered before the security forces in 1992. He said about 6,000 released militants have joined the JKSM so far. He said there was no need for the youth to take to the gun as the dialogue process between the two countries was likely to bring good results. —
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Scheme for jobless engineers gets good
start Jammu, January 8 This innovative scheme has been introduced by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to provide work to engineers sitting idle for many years as there had been negligible openings in government departments for them. The government has gainfully involved these unemployed engineers by giving them construction works. At a high-level meeting convened by the Chief Minister here this morning to monitor the progress of the scheme, he was informed that at least construction works of nearly Rs 3 crore had been allotted to 55 such groups of engineers. More self-help groups are being registered all over the state and the departments have been asked to allot construction works to these engineers. The Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Mangat Ram Sharma, Finance and Planning Minister, Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Minister for Tourism, Mr Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister for Education, Mr Harshdev Singh, Minister for R & B, Mr Madan Lal Sharma, and Minister of State for Education, Mr Abdul Rehman Veeri, participated in the meeting. It was decided that 25 per cent of the work estimated to cost up to Rs 25 lakh in the Public Works Department would be reserved for these groups. These would be allotted to them on the basis of tenders limited to internal competition among them. They would also be eligible for competing for other works as well in the open competition with other executing agencies. To further facilitate execution of works by the self-help groups, rules for the registration of contractors for these groups have been simplified. The minimum requirement of plant and machinery, experience and fixed deposit amount for registration as contracting agencies by the self-help groups have been waived while their registration fee and capital requirement has been reduced by half and renewal charges brought down by 25 per cent. They would also be entitled for 15 per cent rate preference over and above the sanctioned rate schedule. Mufti Sayeed stressed that loans from banks be arranged for the self-help groups so that adequate working capital is available with them to execute the works speedily. He said the construction of community information centres in the Rural Development Department should be got done through self-help groups. Schemes should be identified in power development, housing and urban development and other sectors for their execution by these groups. He emphasised that the matter should be taken up with the central government agencies for allotting work to these groups in mega projects like Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula rail link and superhighway express corridor being executed in the state. He said agriculture engineers and agriculture graduates should be brought under its ambit. These groups, he instructed should be allotted works in floriculture, horticulture, soil conservation, landscaping and development of perks. They should also be engaged in the implementation of technology mission for horticulture. |
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Reopen Poonch-Mirpur road, says
BJP Jammu, January 8 Mr Khanna said the meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and General Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad was a good beginning to the proposed peace talks between the two countries. He said stress was being laid on the promotion of tourism. Dr Nirmal Singh, president of the state unit of the BJP, said the reopening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road would not benefit anyone and described it as a mere gimmick. He said the Poonch-Mirpur road should be opened as the number of divided families were more in Poonch and Rajauri than any other place in the state. He accused the Mufti-led coalition government of discriminating against Jammu region in employment, development and other fields. |
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Traffic lights to be put up at 60 locations Srinagar, January 8 Inspector-General of Police (Traffic) Ram Lubhaya told reporters at the conclusion of a road safety week here that his department had identified 60 points in Jammu and Srinagar cities for installation of traffic lights to ease congestion in these cities. The traffic police has also decided to launch a drive against overloading and speeding. Mr Lubhaya said the issue of providing concessional fare to students had been taken up with transporters. —
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NC to contest all corporation
seats Jammu, January 8 This was decided here today at a meeting of NC leaders presided over by Mr Ajay Sadhotra, provincial president. Four committees for Jammu (East), Jammu, (West), Gandhi Nagar and Rajpur-Domana have been set up to select the candidates. |
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