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2 hurt in firing in Sopore Srinagar, April 21 The BSF troops deployed near the Sopore bus stand detained Sharief-ud-Din of Keegam village of Kupwara for questioning in the morning, who started shouting, upon which the crowd gathered at the scene demanded his release, the sources said. Sensing trouble, the BSF personnel opened fire, as a result of which two protesters, including a watchman of the bus stand, sustained bullet injuries. A BSF spokesman, however, said that the BSF troops opened fire after someone from the crowd fired two pistol shots at them. He said the BSF personnel had detained a surrendered militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen for questioning but he started shouting, upon which the crowd at the place raised slogans and also pelted stones at the troops. The BSF spokesman said someone from the crowd also fired two pistol shots, forcing the troops to retaliate in self-defence, resulting in injuries to two civilians. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital from where one of them was sent to Srinagar for specialised treatment. |
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Army nabs 2 Bangladesh nationals Jammu, April 21 Troops saw the duo moving in a suspicious manner in the Kalan-Ankat area around 7 p.m. and took them into custody. During preliminary interrogation, Mohammad Salim, a resident of Kalong village in Chitgaon district and Mohammad Arif, a resident of Ramgula Sara village in the coastal district of Koksbazar in Bangladesh, revealed they were trying to cross over to Pakistan. Rs 20 in Indian currency was found from them, the sources said. Both were later handed over to the police. —
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Strike over, normalcy returns to valley Srinagar, April 21 Meanwhile, all separatist leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik, his deputy Javid Ahmad Mir and Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) chief Shabir Ahmad Shah, who were taken into preventive custody yesterday, were released late last night. Shops and business establishments reopened here this morning and vehicles were plying on all routes. Government offices and educational institutions were also open. Life was affected yesterday following the strike by the breakaway Hurriyat Conference and other separatist organisations to protest against parliamentary election in Baramula constituency. The large-scale violence during the polling claimed the lives of seven persons, including two militants and three jawans as militants attacked polling booths at 12 places in the constituency. Meanwhile Mr Shabir Shah said, ‘’We are not against the election process and will participate in elections only after the Kashmir issue is resolved.’’ |
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Ears chopped off for electioneering Jammu, April 21 They kidnapped naib sarpanch Misruddi and Haji Amkala from Kalwa village in Mahore tehsil of Udhampur district yesterday and later chopped off the left ear of Misruddin and right ear of Amkala before freeing them, they said. The militants snatched a bag containing posters of a political party from them, the sources said adding that both villagers had been threatened not to participate in the election process. —
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Chaman Lal Gupta files nomination papers Jammu, April 21 Later, addressing a large gathering in the Ram Lila ground, he criticised the coalition government of the PDP, Congress and the Panthers Party for discriminating against the Jammu division. The state BJP chief, Dr Nirmal Singh, and movie star Suresh Oberoi also addressed the rally. Mr Gupta said the Mufti government had failed to take steps to provide jobs to unemployed youth on the pretext of a financial crunch in the state, but had raised an army of 39 ministers and chairpersons on whom at least Rs 10 crore was being spent. He criticised the government for retrenching about 22,000 ad hoc employees. Dr Nirmal Singh accused the government of having put in cold storage the vital commitments of implementing the Wazir Commission report and appointing a delimitation commission to rectify the imbalance with Jammu. —
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