J A M M U   &   K A S H M I R

1 killed in attack on security forces
Srinagar, September 11
Three persons, including two Army men and a civilian, have been killed and 17 others injured in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday. One person was killed and 13 others injured when militants hurled a grenade in Kupwara town of North Kashmir today.

Suicide attack on CRPF camp Srinagar, September 11 In yet another suicide attack on the CRPF, two militants of the al-Mansurian outfit tonight stormed a hotel housing the 94 Battalion of the force on the banks of the Dal Lake here, injuring an officer and two soldiers. Exploding grenades and opening indiscriminate fire, the ultras stormed Hotel York at around 9.30 p.m. and engaged the troops in a fierce encounter. This was the third suicide attack on a CRPF camp in less than two months. — PTI

Protest over girl’s molestation
Srinagar, September 11
A teenaged girl was molested allegedly by a CRPF jawan in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir triggering protest today by the locals prompting the police to use force in which seven persons were injured.

2 girls killed as boulders fall on houses
Jammu, September 11
Two girls were killed while another was critically injured when boulders fell on their houses following a blast by GREF workers on a hill at Chajroo in the Mahore area of Udhampur district last evening.

Jaish men set Harkat leader’s house ablaze
Jammu, September 11
In a case of intra-gang rivalry, Jaish-e-Mohammad militants set ablaze the house of a district commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen at Nali Dolu here last night.

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1 killed in attack on security forces
Tribune News Service

Srinagar, September 11
Three persons, including two Army men and a civilian, have been killed and 17 others injured in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday. One person was killed and 13 others injured when militants hurled a grenade in Kupwara town of North Kashmir today. The police here said 14 persons, including four security forces personnel, were injured when militants hurled a grenade near Jama Masjid in the district headquarter town of Kupwara today. One of the injured, Ghulam Hassan Khan, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital. In another incident, two Army personnel were killed and four others injured, including two Army jawans and two civilians, in an encounter between militants and the security forces at Danser Beerwah in Budgam district last night.

JAMMU: A farmer was injured in a landmine blast in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

Imtiyaz Ahmed of Hamirpur village walked over a landmine resulting in its blast near the Line of Control in the Daragalon area in Rajouri district on Friday night, the sources said.

The injured was hospitalised, they said adding that his condition was stated to be critical.

The security forces have taken into custody a woman and her daughter for their alleged links with the Hizbul Mujaheedin at Banihal tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Saturday.

The security forces took 40-year-old Shama Begum and her 17-year-old daughter Parveen into custody after they intercepted a wireless transmission on September 7 in which Parveen, who was travelling in a vehicle along with her mother, was found talking with a Hizbul commander.

She was talking about the escape of a militant and the questioning of her mother by troops in this regard, they said adding both of them had been handed over to the police for further investigation.

Protest over girl’s molestation

Srinagar, September 11
A teenaged girl was molested allegedly by a CRPF jawan in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir triggering protest today by the locals prompting the police to use force in which seven persons were injured.

The 19-year-old was allegedly molested in lower Munda yesterday evening, an official report reaching here said.

Demanding action against the jawan, residents of several villages in the Qazigund area of the district took to streets and blocked the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Qazigund, 80 km from here, the report said.

The villagers alleged that the CRPF jawan barged into the temporary shelter of a nomad at Gulab Bagh and tried to outrage the modesty of his daughter, according to the report.

The family members of the girl resisted the jawans who allegedly beat them up with gun-butts and also tried to drag the girl to a nearby isolated place, the report said adding that the girl, however, managed her escape and was subsequently rescued by local police.

In a bid to pacify the protesters, the police asked them to disperse with an assurance that the incident would be looked into and those involved would be brought to book. But the protesters turned violent and resorted to stone-pelting forcing the police to use batons and teargas shells during which seven persons were injured, the report said.

As the lathicharge and teargassing proved ineffective, the reports said the police fired several warning shots and brought the situation under control, it said. — PTI

2 girls killed as boulders fall on houses

Jammu, September 11
Two girls were killed while another was critically injured when boulders fell on their houses following a blast by GREF workers on a hill at Chajroo in the Mahore area of Udhampur district last evening.

General Reserve Engineering Force (CREF) workers engaged in road-widening work were blasting rocks at Chajroo.

Following the blast, some boulders rolled down the hill and fell on two houses. Two girls were killed on the spot while another was injured.

She was admitted to a local primary health centre, from where she was referred to the Government Medical College Hospital here.

The Chajroo police registered a case. — UNI

Bail denied to Finance Commissioner
Tribune New Service

Jammu, September 11
The special anti-corruption court here today rejected the bail application of the Jammu and Kashmir Commissioner (Finance), Mr Ajit Kumar, in connection with the alleged purchase of jute mates worth Rs 50 lakh.

The special judge, Mr B.L. Bhat, rejected the bail application after hearing his counsel and the lawyer of the Vigilance organisation. The court examined the record pertaining to the case before rejected the bail application.

Mr Kumar’s counsel contended that he had done nothing wrong and the decision to purchase jute mats was taken by a committee, Mr Kumar was Education Secretary at that time.

The prosecution opposed the bail application on the plea that it would hamper further investigations as the accused held important position in the government.

Jaish men set Harkat leader’s house ablaze

Jammu, September 11
In a case of intra-gang rivalry, Jaish-e-Mohammad militants set ablaze the house of a district commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen at Nali Dolu here last night.

Noor Mohammad Code Ansari did not have good relations with the militants. He pledged to take revenge. — UNI