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Fake encounters: 4 more police officials arrested
Awami League vice-chairman killed
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Dul-Hasti project unit commissioned
Maneater leopard killed
Govt seals 40 private schools
Rs 2 lakh looted from bank
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Fake encounters: 4 more police officials arrested
Srinagar, February 8 However, this could not be confirmed officially as the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police, heading the special team probing the fake encounters, was not immediately available for comment. Sources said the police had also questioned a number of other police officials who were closely associated with the Special Operation Group (SOG) of the police. A Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hans Raj Parihar and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP-Operations) Bahadur Ram and two other police officials were already in a 14-day police remand in connection with these killings. They said a police team arrested an SOG constable at Ganderbal last night. During interrogation the constable had admitted that some arms had been dumped in the interrogation room at the SOG camp at Ganderbal which were being used to show as “recovery” in the fake encounters. The arms and ammunition were later recovered from the camp in the presence of some civilian witnesses, they said. Sources said three more SOG personnel were arrested from the SOG camp, Sumbal and Ganderbal, during night-long raids. — UNI
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Malik ends hunger strike
Srinagar, February 8 A number of his colleagues and family members of those missing after having been arrested by the police and security forces also joined the three-day hunger strike. The strike outside the JKLF party office began on Tuesday morning when a day-long general strike was also observed across the Kashmir valley in protest against the killings of innocent Kashmiri youth. The call was given by the JKLF chairman and supported by different organisations, including both factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference. Mr Malik also threatened to go on a fast unto death in case the killings of innocent Kashmiris in fake encounters did not come to an end. Demonstrations were also held by traders in the central Lal Chowk area here today in protest against the killings in fake encounters. A protest march was taken out by the Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Association today in Lal Chowk against the killings. They were holding banners to stop killings and seeking action against killers during their protest march, that continued for a couple of hours before dispersing peacefully.
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Awami League vice-chairman killed
Srinagar, February 8 Official sources said militants opened fire at the vehicle of Dar at Hajan, about 35 km from here. The Awami League is a political organisation formed by surrendered militants. They said Dar, a senior counter-insurgent leader, was killed on the spot, while his wife and PSO were injured. The injured were admitted to a hospital, they said. The Awami League was formed by Mohammad Yousuf Parray, alias Kuka Parray, in the Kashmir valley in 1995. Mr Parray, who was elected to the state Assembly, was killed by militants in the Sumbal area about five years back. —
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Discrimination issue echoes in House
Jammu, February 8 Initially, members of the Panthers Party, the BJP and the JSM belonging to the Jammu division protested against provision of only Rs 3 crores for the three districts of Udhampur, Rajouri and Poonch, as against Rs 22.17 crore for all the six districts in the Kashmir valley. However, cutting across party lines, members of the Congress, the PDP and the National Conference joined them in pointing out discrimination against their respective areas. Some of them claimed that the valley was given lesser allocation. Minister for Roads and Buildings G.S. Charak and Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Karra were grilled on the issue by the members for about 45 minutes. The query pertaining to allocation of additional grants tabled by Mr G.A. Mir of the Congress was taken up first during the question hour. Mr Harshdev Singh of the Panthers Party claimed that the Jammu region was continuing to get stepmotherly treatment from the government while the lion’s share of funds was flowing to the Kashmir valley. The Jammu region had been provided lesser additional grants last year, he added. Mr Balwant Singh Mankotia and Mr Faqir Nath of the Panthers Party, Mr Jugal Kishore of the BJP and Mr Ashwani Kumar of the JSM alleged that successive governments in the state had failed to put an end to discrimination against the Jammu region. Mr Javed Rana, Mr Rashpal Singh and Mr Mohammad Aslam Khan of the National Conference joined them in raising slogans against discrimination. Mr Sham Lal Sharma of the Congress accused the minister of trying to mislead the House while giving the break-up of the allocations. Mr Karra said it was unfortunate that the members were trying to regionalise the issue, adding that the Chief Minister had announced that left-out districts would get higher allocation next year.
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Dul-Hasti project unit commissioned
Jammu, February 8 The project was commissioned at 9 last night in the Kishtwar belt of Doda district, they said. Two more units of 130 MW each would be commissioned in March, they said, adding that all the three units would generate a total of 390 MW units of power. Work on the project had started in 1983 at an estimated cost of Rs 5,000 crore. —
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Maneater leopard killed
Srinagar, February 8 According to the police, orders in this regard had already been issued by the Chief Wild Life Warden, Jammu and Kashmir.Residents of several villages, including Rajwar, Qaziabad, Ahgam, Rajpora, Mawar, Zachaldara and Sanjimulla were living in fear of the leopard which had attacked 12 persons and killed a girl and cattle in the Handwara area. The Handwara police traced the animal in Sanjimulla Handwara village in Kupwara district and killed it today. |
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Srinagar, February 8 Three masked men, armed with pistols, entered the Chakura branch of Ellaqai Dehati Bank and held the staff at gunpoint. They then looted Rs 2 lakh and decamped with the booty, the spokesman said. The police has registered a case. — PTI
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