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Wednesday,
August 6, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Akhnoor
terrorist strike: CO attached Militants
kill village head, injure five securitymen Security
on borders of Jammu, Punjab, HP reviewed
11.52 lakh
workers to get social security cover Day
curfew lifted in Kishtwar |
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Mohammad
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Akhnoor terrorist strike: CO attached Jammu, August 5 It is learnt that the attachment of the Commanding Officer with the station headquarter at Akhnoor has been ordered to facilitate a court of inquiry and also to see how the “all clear” signal was flashed from there for the chief of the Northern Command and the Commander of the 16th Corps to visit the unit area for taking stock of the situation. Lieut-Gen Hari Prasad, chief of the Northern Command, and Lieut-Gen T.P.S. Brar of the 16th Corps were among the top officers who received injuries in the sudden attack a terrorist made as soon as they reached the unit. This is perhaps for the first time in the history of the Indian Army that the terrorists succeeded in inflicting injuries, although minor, on such top-ranking officers. Soldiers in the Army camp apparently failed to tactfully respond to the suicide attack of the terrorists, who adopted the tactic of letting one of them hide in bushes and two getting killed in the encounter. The hiding terrorist suddenly emerged and exploded himself when the generals reached the spot after getting the “all clear” signal. It is surprising how the general flew there although the local military authorities reportedly asked Mr Chaman Lal Gupta, Minister of State for Defence, not to proceed to Tanda in the afternoon, even after having first cleared his visit. This indicates that there was confusion among military personnel, handling the visit of the VIPs to the area. The Army Chief, Gen N.C. Vij, also visited the camp in the evening. However, when contacted on telephone, a senior Army officer of the Northern Command told this correspondent that the attachment of a Commanding Officer was a routine affair during such inquiries. |
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Militants kill village head, injure five securitymen
Srinagar, August 5 A group of unidentified militants fired heavily on a CRPF vehicle, carrying security men to Zainapora from Shopian at Nagbal for ROP duty in connection with the visit of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to a village in Pulwama district, the sources said. The sources said three CRPF jawans were injured in the attack, which took place around 9.45 am. The CRPF personnel also fired in retaliation, but the militants managed to escape. Two Army personnel were injured in an IED blast at Sirigam in the Pothushahi area of Kupwara district around 8 a.m, the sources said. They said the IED was planted by militants on the main road and detonated when the troops were on the ROP duty. Meanwhile, the security forces seized a large quantity of explosives from two separate places in Baramulla and Anantnag districts since last night, Army and BSF spokesmen said. They said troops of 88 battalion of the BSF seized 6 kg explosives, a remote control circuit, a wireless set, an explosive slab with primer, four hand grenades, three AK magazines and 245 rounds of ammunition from Saidpura-Arampora in the Sopore area of Baramulla district during search operations. Army troops smashed a militant hideout in Anantnag district and seized 2 kg of explosives, four detonators, three AK magazines and 70 rounds, last night, they said. JAMMU: Militants killed a village head in the Poonch forest area, where they had threatened sarpanches, panches and numberdars to resign from their posts or face death, official sources said. The militants entered the house of Numberdar Noor Mohammad around 9.30 a.m. today in Marote village in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district and opened fire at him, the sources said. Noor died on the spot, the sources said, adding that the militants managed to escape. Noor had received a letter from Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit to resign from the post of numberdar a fortnight ago, the sources said.
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Security
on borders of Jammu, Punjab, HP reviewed Jammu, August 5 The District Magistrate, the Senior Superintendent of the Police, Gurdaspur, and senior police officers from Himachal and Jammu discussed for six hours the measures that were required for containing the possible inter-state movement of militants. The officers from Kathua district were specifically told to keep the security forces on the alert to prevent possible movement of militants from the border belt of Jammu to the neighbouring Punjab and Himachal areas. The Inspector General of Police, Jammu Range, Mr P.L. Gupta, who presided over the meeting, informed the officers from Punjab and Himachal that necessary steps had been taken in the border district of Kathua so that there was no spillover of militants into Gurdaspur district of Punjab and Kangra-Dharamsala belt of Himachal. In the meeting stress was laid on the round-the-clock police patrolling on the border areas of the three states. Reports of threats to Ranjit Sagar Dam were said to have figured during the discussion and it was agreed that security grid on and around the dam be further strengthened to foil any militant mischief. Officers from Jammu informed their counterparts from Punjab and Himachal that the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had improved. Still much was needed to be done to check the activities of rebels in some pockets in the Jammu region, they added. One senior police officer said today’s meeting was part of a regular drill that had been going on for the past several years to monitor the security scenario on the borders of the three states. |
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11.52 lakh workers
to get social security cover Srinagar, August 5 Addressing representatives of marginal workers here last evening, Mr Sayeed said instructions to this effect had been issued to the Social Welfare Department to ensure insurance and health cover for the workers under the scheme. The Social Security scheme envisages providing economic security to the workers in old age. Workers who have seasonal employment of around 90 days in a year would benefit from the scheme. In a phased manner, the scheme would cover unorganised agriculture and non-agriculture labour, skilled and semi-skilled workers, craftsmen, carpenters, potters, masons, blacksmiths, shoe-makers, weavers, village barbers, cart pullers, street vendors, cow and goat herdsmen, boatmen, carpet weavers and others, an official spokesman said. However, the workers should be in the age group of 21 to 50 years and their annual income should not exceed Rs 30,000 to benefit from the scheme. Under the scheme, the beneficiaries would have to contribute Rs 100 per month for 10 years, while the state government would contribute the same amount as subvention. The contributions would be deposited in the Jammu and Kashmir bank for 10 years and there would be no withdrawals from the account except in case of the death of the beneficiary. The bank would also work out a pension scheme for the beneficiaries who do not withdraw the amount after 10 years.
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Day curfew lifted in Kishtwar
Jammu, August 5 The curfew, which was imposed in the town on August 1 after communal clashes in which 13 persons were injured, had been relaxed for varying periods on August 3 and 4, the sources said. However, police and paramilitary troops would remain deployed in the town to maintain law and order, they said. The district administration held a meeting of the representatives of people yesterday which was also attended by the Deputy Commissioner, Doda, and DIG, Doda-Udhampur Range. The authorities have also assured families that have migrated from the Pullar area that an additional picket of special police officers would be set up and village defence committee members would be provided with weapons, the sources said, adding that assurance was also given to the families to launch a search operation in the area to flush out militants. Meanwhile, the state unit of the BJP has expressed concern over the migration of Hindus and Gujjars from the militancy- infested Pullar. “The authorities must take immediate steps to instil a sense of security among the villagers of the Pullar area by sending security forces to deal with the militants,” BJP spokesman Hari Om said. He also asked the state government to initiate action against the erring officials who mishandled the situation in Kishtwar. Besides, the victims whose properties had been damaged or looted should be adequately compensated, he said.
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Police raid on newspaper press
Srinagar, August 5 The police raided the printing press of the daily, sources said here. They said four plates of today’s issue and a hard disk of the computer were seized following demonstrations at several places in the valley. Youths took to streets at various places in the valley including Anantnag district headquarters where the police used batons to disperse the stone-pelting mobs, the sources said. The sources said none was hurt in the protests which were by and large peaceful.
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Mohammad
Ashraf told to appear before Delhi Police Srinagar, August 5 CJM Mohammad Shafi Khan said Sub Inspector Desh Raj along with Inspector Raman Lamba of police station, Special Cell (SB) Lodhi Colony New Delhi and Assistant Commissioner Police have appeared before him and produced the information as directed by this court. The court yesterday directed Jammu and Kashmir Police to file a case against Mr Bhat if any after he (Bhat) surrendered before it.
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