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700 to
guard Jammu-Udhampur rail line Detained
militant dies at hospital Security
forces vacate hotels for tourists KAS
exam to be restructured Fresh
summons issued against Katiyar Jammu
Sikhs to campaign for Panthic Morcha 
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3 militants, BSF jawan killed in encounter Srinagar, June 10 Two militants, who engaged security
personnel in heavy exchange of fire from the Hazrat Syed Najab-ud-din
Bukhari shrine were killed inside the complex at Bogund village in
Kulgam, 75 km from here, BSF Deputy Inspector-General K. Srinivasan
told PTI. One militant and a BSF jawan were killed yesterday when
the gunbattle broke out at 1.30 PM after security personnel raided the
village. While the upper portion of the mosque, where the militants
initially took refuge fleeing from the raiding BSF men, was completely
damaged, the nearby shrine of Hazrat Syed Najb-ud-din Bukhari, where
the militants shifted this morning, suffered minor damage in the
gunbattle, Mr Srinivasan, who supervised the operation, said. Bodies
of two militants have been found while that of the third one, who got
killed while trying to flee back to the mosque this afternoon, was
believed to be under the debris which was being searched, the BSF
official said. The identity of the militants was yet to be
established, he said adding that the BSF believed they were either
activists of the Hizbul Mujahideen or the Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI)
as the area was dominated by the two outfits. Mr Srinivasan said the
mosque caught fire as one of the grenades hurled by militants towards
the BSF exploded. The walls of the shrine were hit by bullets but
there was no major damage to it, he said. The BSF official said
after the mosque caught fire, the troops moved swiftly killing the
militants. He said had the force not moved fast, the mosque as well as
the shrine could have been completely damaged. Agitated over the
damage to mosque and the shrine, residents of the village and nearby
Sandroo took to streets this morning and again in the evening pelting
stones on security personnel in which two policemen were injured and
their vehicles damaged. The police used teargas and batons to
disperse them and additional forces were rushed to the area as the
situation was still tense, official sources said. Last evening when
the militants stopped firing, the BSF sought help of village elders to
persuade the militants to surrender but after a lull of several hours,
they again opened heavy fire on the troops in the wee hours forcing
the security forces to retaliate, he said. Condemning the damage to
the mosque, the breakaway faction of the Hurriyat Conference headed by
Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a statement said it could have been avoided
had the troops not worked in “haste”. JAMMU: A non-commissioned
officer was injured in a landmine blast in RS Pura sub-sector of Jammu
last evening. The police said Havaldar Kesar Singh was demining a
forward area near Suchetgarh outpost of the BSF in RS Pura when a
landmine exploded, injuring him critically. He was admitted to a
hospital. — PTI, UNI |
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Militants torture 4 of family to death Jammu, June 10 According to the police, a group of 10 militants barged into the house of Abdul Rehman and tortured the inmates. They were dragged out and killed. There were reports that militants killed these persons as one of their family member, Farooq, who was a militant of the LeT outfit, a recently surrendered before the security forces. Those killed have been identified a Najmal (8), Shamima Begum (30), Shamina (65) and Jasmal Din (30). The BSF and the state police have launched search for those behind the incident. Meanwhile, in two separate incidents the Army shot dead two terrorists in Rajouri and Doda districts last night and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition from their possession. |
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Villagers block highway over civilian’s killing Srinagar, June 10 The security forces during night patrolling mistook Ghulam Mohammad Mir and Fayaz Ahmad as militants and opened fire on them while they were watering their field in the village, they said. While Mir died on the spot, Fayaz was seriously injured. The sources said the villagers blocked the Srinagar-Jammu national highway at Awantipora, about 30 km from here, demanding action against the erring jawans. However, the police tried to persuade them to disperse but they turned violent and resorted to stone-pelting, the sources said, adding that the police fired teargas shells and used lathis to disperse them. As the demonstrators regrouped again, the police fired warning shots and chased them away, the sources said. The situation in the area was tense and all shops and business establishments remained closed as a mark of protest.
— PTI |
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700 to guard Jammu-Udhampur rail line Udhampur, June 10 The rail line will soon get a Rs 10-crore multi-tier security set-up to ensure safe passage of trains through militant-infested mountains, a top state police official said here. About 700 security personnel are likely to guard the track which has 28 bridges and 21 tunnels, he said. Two railway police stations will be set up at Udhampur and Krishenpur-Manwal and three police posts will come up at Bajalta, Sangar and Udhampur Cantonment, he said. Security personnel will guard the 54-km track from over 50 watch towers. Fifteen barracks-cum-pickets will also be built along the line, the first section of the Jammu-Baramula railway project, the official said. Sniffer dogs, too, would be pressed into service to foil militants’ plans, he added. — PTI |
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Detained militant dies at hospital Jammu, June 10 Shabir Ahmed, a resident of Badgam district in the Kashmir valley, kept in detention under the Act for the past two years in Kot Bhalwal central jail, was shifted to the hospital last night following complaint of illness, sources said, adding that he died in the morning due to brain haemorrhage. The post-mortem examination was conducted in the hospital in the presence of a magistrate. The police has registered a case in connection with the militant’s death. —
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Security forces vacate
hotels for tourists Srinagar, June 10 The Police Department is in constructing 10 barrack blocks for jawans and one and two-room tenements for the non-gazetted and gazetted officers of the security forces at Bemina, Tatto Ground, Parimpora and Pantha chowk in Srinagar and Anantnag and Kokernag in south Kashmir for Rs two crore, official sources said today. Director general of Police Gopal Sharma inaugurated one such complex comprising three residential blocks of 72 dwelling units at Budgam yesterday. Mr Sharma also inaugurated barrack for jawans constructed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh on the premises of police station at Pampore in Pulwama within three months. The police chief said efforts were on to provide best possible accommodation and other facilities to the officers and jawans of the police and the security forces. He said work on the construction of barracks at the identified places would be speeded up and hotels presently occupied by them in Srinagar are vacated for tourists.
— PTI |
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KAS exam to be restructured Srinagar, June 10 “I will recommend to the state Cabinet to constitute a high-level committee to recommend restructuring of the commission system operational in Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission to make it transparent and norm-based on the pattern of UPSC,” Baig told a deputation of students who called on him on Tuesday. The students, who had appeared in the Kashmir Administrative Service
(KAS) 2004 examinations, conducted by the commission, but did not make it to the final selection, had alleged that candidates from the Kashmir valley had been meted out a discriminatory treatment during selection. The Finance Minister said for the past couple of years serious questions have been raised over the functioning and conduct of examinations by the commission alleging disregard for merit and manipulation of results in various selections. “Taking note of the rampant complaints, the government is being forced to take remedial measures, including a thorough review of the functioning of the commission and restructuring of its examination system,” the minister said. For this purpose, Mr Baig said the committee would go into every aspect of the functioning of the commission to remove loopholes in the present examination system and bring it at par with the UPSC system.
— PTI |
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Fresh summons issued against Katiyar Srinagar, June 10 The District Judge, Srinagar, Hakeem Imtiyaz, has issued fresh summons to Mr Katiyar yesterday after he failed to appear before him. The Judge in the summons, which would be served on Mr Katiyar through District Judge Lucknow, directed him to appear on June 24. Earlier, the counsel for petitioners, Mohammad Abdullah Pandit, pleaded that non-bailable warrants be issued against Mr Katiyar for his failure to appear. However, the judge said in case he (Katiyar) failed to appear on the next hearing, a warrant would be issued against him. All summons were
received by the court with the remarks not found. Two complaints had been filed — one by the Kashmir Bar Association and another jointly by a journalist, Imdad Saqi, and Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig. Mr Katiyar has denied making any comment against the holy relic or Hazratbal shrine as was mentioned in an article.
— UNI |
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Jammu Sikhs to campaign for Panthic Morcha Jammu, June 10 A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of leaders of several Sikh organisations here yesterday. The meeting was presided over by Mr Narbir Singh, president, Youth Akali Dal. The leaders while expressing support for the morcha candidates appealed to the voters in Punjab to defeat the candidates nominated by Mr Parkash Singh Badal. The leaders, including Mr Mohinder Singh, chief organiser, Bhai Kanhaiya Nishkam Seva Society, Mr Paramjit Singh, president, AISSF, Mr Jagdev Singh, president Akali Dal, Ms Surjit Kaur, general secretary, Istri Sudhar Sabha, appealed to the voters to free the SGPC of those leaders who had converted it into a private limited company. They blamed Mr Badal and his men in the SGPC for not enforcing moral values among the Sikhs. |
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Mufti mourns Maulvi Mushtaq’s death Srinagar, June 10 |
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BSF jawan commits suicide Jammu, June 10 Constable C.
Arguan, who was on guard duty, shot himself with his weapon, they said, adding the bullet pierced through his neck killing him on the spot.
— PTI |
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