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Strike in Kargil over rioting in Leh
Kargil, November 12 The police yesterday opened fire in the air and resorted to cane-charging to disperse agitators protesting against the rioting in Leh on Wednesday, sources said. Plea to delay Leh highway closure
Uri residents up in arms against police
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Five killed, one abducted
Srinagar, November 12 Giving details, he said an encounter took place between the 29 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops and militants at Raipora, Palhalan in Pattan at 10.30 a.m. Two militants, a soldier and a civilian, Aijaz Ahmed Najar, were killed in the fierce gunfight, the spokesman said. Najar was a resident of Raipora village. An Army Major and two civilians also sustained injuries in the attack. The wounded have been hospitalised, he added. The house of Mohammad Sultan Malla, in which the militants had taken refuge, was severely damaged in the attack, the spokesman said. The police recovered an unidentified body at Aayat Mulla village in the Bandipora area last evening. The deceased was hanged to death. He said militants hurled a grenade near the Jammu and Kashmir Bank at the Handwara main chowk today, causing injuries to three persons. The spokesman said Tariq Ahmed Dar, a resident of Solina here, was kidnapped by the militants along with his Maruti car (JK-01H 6731) from the Gas Turbine terminal at Pampore today. He said the militant killed in an encounter with security forces at Arin Matipora in Bandipora yesterday has been identified as Khalid Mehraj, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Mehraj was from the Al-Badr militant outfit and the security forces seized one AK rifle, four magazines and 60 rounds from him.
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Divergent views on Lone’s involvement in Delhi blasts
Jammu, November 12 After four days of interrogation, the Jammu and Kashmir police has started describing the Army intelligence agency finding that Lone was involved in the blasts in Paharganj area as untenable on the pretext that the arrested youth was a petty thief. The police authorities have claimed that Lone had been involved in a case of theft in Rajasthan where he had looted Rs 20,000 from a truck driver. Sources in the Army intelligence agency said that during preliminary investigations of Lone by the Army experts, the activists had confessed, that he “was behind the Paharganj blasts.” They said, “It was on the basis of this confession that he was handed over to Jammu and Kashmir police on November 5 where he was subjected to further interrogation.” The Defence Ministry sources pose three main questions to the police. If Lone was a petty thief and not involved in the Delhi blasts why the Delhi police team was summoned to Jammu for further interrogation of the suspect? Why did not a police team from Rajasthan was informed about Lone’s arrest where the alleged theft had been committed and where no case had been filed with the police ? If the police interrogators in Jammu were convinced that Lone was not involved in the blasts why did the police remain silent for three days and came out with a disclosure that he was behind the blasts ? Army intelligence agency sources said that someone in the security grid had guided Lone to cause confusion to the police in Delhi by giving them contradictory statements. Reports from Delhi said that the police investigating team has not yet been able to fix responsibility of the Paharganj blasts on the
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Azad’s warning to engineers Jammu, November 12 Mr Azad, who was talking to mediapersons here, said only five engineers had so far reported for work. These engineers were specially trained for the job by the Union Ministry of Urban Development. He said those engineers who were shirking from their duty should be ashamed of themselves, as the rest of the world had come out to help the victims of the earthquake, while they were hiding in their homes. He said the government might also consider prematurely shunting these engineers out of service in case they continued to abstain from duty. Mr Azad, who toured the earthquake-hit areas of Poonch today, said the affected people had started constructing their houses without any expert guidance. He said the government had identified four places to relocate about 6000 persons from nine villages of Teetwal that were badly damaged due to the quake. Mr Azad said the government, Army and various philanthropists had come forward to resettle the affected persons and so much help had come that the state government had now to say no to such organisations. He said we had surplus blankets that could have been sent to the affected families in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), but unfortunately Pakistan had not allowed that to happen as it probably took it as politics. He said the opening of the LoC at three places was a welcome step, but building bridges of confidence was more important. When asked about the change in the attitude of residents of the quake-affected areas of the valley who were demanding that the Army should be entrusted the work of distributing relief material and not the civil administration, Mr Azad said he was the happiest man on this change as the earthquake had made the people realise that the army was their protector and friend and not enemy. He said certain elements had been projecting the Army as the enemy of Kashmiris. He asked whether those elements demanding the withdrawal of armed forces from the Kashmir valley were ready to give an undertaking that no innocent person would be killed by ultras in the state. The armed forces were here to protect the life, dignity and honour of the people, he stressed.
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Strike in Kargil over rioting in Leh
Kargil, November 12 They said a strong mob converged at the police station here, demanding release of four boys arrested during the demonstration. The protestors pelted stones at the police station prompting the police to use baton charge. However, when the agitators refused to leave and continued with slogan-shouting and stone-pelting, the police
opened fire in the air to disperse them. The four boys were later released. The sources said a complete shutdown was observed in this border district of Jammu and Kashmir in response to a general strike call given by several religious and social organisations here in protest against the rioting in Leh. Shops, business establishments, schools, other educational institutions, banks and government offices remained closed. Several religious and social organisations took protest marches and rallies throughout the district. The riots erupted after two girls from the majority community reportedly eloped with boys, one of them a police officer, from the minority community in the communally sensitive Ladakh region. The incident had taken place about two months ago, but came to light on Wednesday. Reports received here said that agitators belonging to the Ladakh Buddhist Association came out on the streets on November 9 and allegedly pelted stones at shops and houses owned by members of the minority community. Senior civil and police officials said the situation was tense, but under control in Leh. Meanwhile, reports here said the Ladakh Buddhist Association resumed its agitation this afternoon.
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Plea to delay Leh highway closure
Srinagar, November 12 The 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway should be kept open for some more days so that remaining supply of 13,000 quintals of flour and six lakh litres of kerosene is sent to Ladakh, he told a meeting to review the supply position for Ladakh. Seeking cooperation of the Army and the BRO in stocking essential items in Ladakh, the minister directed the divisional commissioners to ensure an early supply so that people do not face any problem during the winter months. While the highway was closed for passenger traffic earlier this month, the essential supplies continue to be carried to the region in trucks. The supply of essential commodities to Ladakh was affected due to recent earthquake.
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Uri residents up in arms against police
Srinagar, November 12 The numberdar of Choolan village Mohammad Ramzan was allegedly beaten up by a Deputy Superintendent of Police when he reportedly ignored the officers directions while distributing relief this morning triggering protest demonstrations by locals, the sources said. The protesters alleged that the officer was asking for some undue favour from the numberdar for providing relief to his acquaintances which he declined irking the DSP. They tried to storm the police station but later dispersed after an assurance by civil officials that the incident would be looked into.
— PTI |
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