Srinagar, July 31 : A body of 35-year old man was found at Yar Kalampora area of Shadimarg a in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.

Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body at Yar Kalampora area and immediately informed police about it.

A police team reached the site and recovered the body.

Confirming it, a police officer identified the deceased as Abdul Gani Wagay (35) son of Ghulam Hassan Wagay of Sehpora village.

He said that the deceased according to reports was mentally unsound.

A case under 174 CrPc has been initiated and further investigations taken up to ascertain the cause of death. (GNS)

Srinagar, July 31 : A woman died while as a health official suffered injuries after India and Pakistani armies exchange shelling in Gurez sector of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district late Tuesday evening.

Reports reaching said that the woman namely Rahimi Begum (35) wife of Abdul Ahad Bhat and the employee of health department Manzoor Ahmad Malik sustained serious wounds after a shell landed in the residential area of Bagtore Gurez late last evening.

Both the injured were immediately taken to nearby hospital from where the woman was referred to SMHS Srinagar in critical conditions, they said. However, the woman later at around 2:00am succumbed to injuries.

A police officer said that the duo were injured on Tuesday night after a shell fired by Pakistani forces landed in the residential area of Bagtore.

He confirmed that the woman succumbed later in SMHS hospital here. (GNS)

Srinagar, July 30 : The State government on Tuesday constituted a Monitoring Committee for overseeing the implementation of Road Map for setting up of Halfway Homes and Institutional arrangements for Rehabilitation of Long Stay Patients in light of the direction passed by the Supreme Court.  

The seven member committee has been constituted pursuant to the decisions taken in the meeting chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and co-chaired by the Secretary Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on 22 April this year, a government order issued here reads, according to news agency. 

The Monitoring Committee has been tasked to oversee the implementation of the Road Map periodically for rehabilitation of long stay patients in the State of Jammu & Kashmir;  Workout the Road Map clearly indicating the timeline for setting up of Halfway Homes and Institutional arrangements for rehabilitation of long stay patients of mental illness.

Besides, the terms of reference for the panel includes setting up of the Halfway/long stay homes in rented accommodation in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government to take care of the rehabilitation of mentally cured patients who are homeless or are not taken back by their families. (GNS)

Father of the girl turns out to be the murderer

Srinagar, July 30, : Jammu and Kashmir Police has claimed to have arrested a person, in connection of the murder of his daughter in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

The police said that the murder of the girl by her father took place following a disagreement over her marriage proposal.
According to the police statement, one person namely Javed Ahmed Khan son of Rehmatullah Khan, Resident of Lardipora has been arrested for killing his daughter and then dumping her body in the forest area of Kawharbala.

“During the investigation by the sleuths of Crime Branch, learnt that Javed Khan had taken his daughter inside the forest area, where he murdered her following an argument about fixing her marriage, which led to disagreement, between the two”, he said.

The accused has been taken into custody after being arrested by the police, while the body of the murdered girl was handed over to the family after completing medico-legal formalities.

According to police, experts from FSL also visited the site of the crime to gather vital pieces of physical and material evidence related to the crime.
Police has registered a case in the matte in Police Station Chandoosa under FIR no: 23/2019, under the relevant sections of law and further investigation has been taken up.

Srinagar, July 30, : Srinagar Police have launched a helpline to strengthen its intelligence mechanism to nab drug peddlers and smugglers.

Srinagar Police requests general public to provide information related to drug peddling. Drug menace is one of the major problem faced by the state and is taking heavy toll on the young generation and society as a whole.

Senior superintendent of police Srinagar Dr. M. Haseeb Mughal-JKPS while dedicating the helpline to general public said that anyone who has any information about drug-peddling can contact on helpline number 9596770538, or send us WhatsApp messages, pictures & videos as well.

This helpline will be open 24X7 and the identity of the person revealing the information will be kept secret. The information providers will also be awarded suitably, if the information proves to be genuine and leads to recovery of drugs.

Community members are requested to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighborhood. Persons found indulging in drug peddling will be dealt as per law.

Our consistent actions against drug peddlers should reassure the community members that we are making efforts to keep our society free from the scourge of drug menace.

Anantnag, July 30, : Two militants were killed in a gunfight here in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

   A police official said that on a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces in Katoo Bijbehara area of District Anantnag.

   During the search operation, the hiding militants fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter.

In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. 

    The police official said that incriminating material including arms and ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter.

    Later in a tweet, Jammu Kashmir Police said that one of the slain militants was Jaish-e-Muhammad Commander Fayaz Ahmed Panzoo and his killing is a big achievement.

    “Big achievement. Another top Commander of Jaish Fayaz Panzoo killed along with his associate. He was involved in attack on CRPF at Anantnag town on June 12, 2019 in which 5 CRPF Personnel were killed and SHO Arshad Khan was seriously injured who later succumbed to injuries,” police tweeted.

  Another militant was identified as Shan Showkat Bhat. 

Srinagar, July 30 : Two militants were killed in an encounter at Baktur area of Gurez near Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday.

Official sources told news agency that a fierce gunfight broke out between militants and soldiers of 36 RR along the LoC at Nowshera Nar area of Baktur in Gurez sector today evening.
An army officer, however, said that the alert troops foiled the infiltration bid in the area.

He said that two infiltrators were killed during the gunfight.
The officer said that the operation is still going on in the area. (GNS)

Srinagar, Jul 30 : Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, valley’s biggest conglomerate of Ulema, scholars, imams and khateebs headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday expressed serious concern over government order regarding profiling of masjid committees Imams and khateebs.

In a statement issued , they said such orders create suspicion which only further vitiate the situation on ground.

A joint statement in this regard was issued by at least 40 top Ulema clerics and heads from various schools of thought that include head of MMU, Mirwaiz Umar, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, Mufti Nasirul Islam Farooqi, Moulana Rehmatullah Mir Qasimi, Moulana Ghulam Rasool Hami, Dr Abdul Lateef Al-Qandi, Moulana Masroor Abbas Ansari, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Mousivi Al Safavi, Moulana Showkat Hussain Keng, Mufti Nazir Ahmed Qasimi, Moulana Khursheed Ahmed Qanoongo, Moulana Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Noori, Moulana Muhammad Shafi Makki, Moulana Muhammad Taha Andrabi, Moulana Tariq Ahmed Dar, Moulana Fayaz Ahmed Shah, Moulana Javaid Ahmed Qasimi, Moulana Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Moulana Nasrullah Shah, Moulana Qazi Muhamamd Yasin, Mufti Muhammad Mehrajudin, Syed Muhammad Shabir Qami, Mufti Ziyul Haq Nazimi, Moulanad Syed adul Lateef Bukhari, Professor Muhammad Tayib Kamili, Moulana Ali Akbar, Moulana Mushtaq Naqshbandi, Peerzada Moulvi Akhzar Husain, Moulana Abdur Rashid Amini, Moulvi Nizamul Haq Nadvi, Moulana Aijaz Ahmed Lone, MOulana Nisar Ahmed Raja, Muifti Aijaz Ahmed Masoordi, Moulvi Abdul Baseer, Moulana Muhammad Anzar Qasimi, Moulana Syed Anayatullah, Mufti Ghulam Rasool Samoon, Qari Muhammad Aslam, Moulana Mudasir Nazir, Moulana Showkat Ahmed Rashidi, Moulana Manzoor Ahmed , Moulana Bashir Raza, Moulana Ghulam Muhammad, Moulana Ishtiyaq Ahmed, Moulana Hilal Ahmed, Moulana Peerzada Abdul Hameed Shah and Moulana M S Rehman Shams.

In the joint statement MMU said all masjids belonging to all sects across the valley are sacred to the people and evoke strong emotions as it is here that Muslims bow their heads before the Almighty five times a day. They are not only places of worship but also basic learning centres imparting knowledge of Islam and preaching principles of humanity. The mosques across Kashmir are known as centres for spreading the message of communal harmony, tolerance and social awakening.

The statement said that any move of profiling masjids etc will deeply hurt the religious sentiments of people and would evoke a strong response from them. MMU said that it will observe the situation closely and a meeting would be called to discuss the issue.