Srinagar, May 28, : The Government on Tuesday reconstituted the Jammu and Kashmir State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Other Backward Classes.

According to the order issued by GAD, Governor shall be the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Other Backward Classes, while as Advisor (G) to the Governor shall be the Vice-chairman of the Board.

Besides,  Administrative Secretary Finance, Administrative Secretary Planning Development & Monitoring Department, Administrative Secretary Revenue, Administrative Secretary General Administration Department, Administrative Secretary Social Welfare Department, Administrative Secretary Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Director, Social Welfare Kashmir, Director Social Welfare, Jammu,  Managing Director J&K Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe and Backward Classes Development Corporation, and Managing Director J&K Women’s Development Corporation shall be the Members of the Board.

Secretary J&K State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Other Backward Classes shall be the Member-Secretary of the Board, besides it shall have non-official Members to be nominated by the Chairman.

Srinagar, May 28, :  Urging administration to clear confusions and to come clean over Sumbal issue, AIP President Er Rasheed on Tuesday said that if the medical report pertaining to the incident which is being spread through social media is credible, the government needs to place facts before public without any further delay.

In a statement issued to media, Rasheed said that while every human being was shocked about the three year old victim, the medical report now in the public domain not only contradicts the charges but in light of the medical report all dimensions of the case need to be looked into and truth must prevail. Who doesn’t have sympathy with the child but government must ensure that Justice is done and whatsoever is the truth pertaining the incident should come out. While the medical board examining the case is expected to discharge its professional duties without taking sides, justice should be done with the victim, the accused and everyone else.

Government must not hesitate or succumb to any pressure and justice should be done without wasting time, so that emotions of the masses are respected, dignity of the victim is restored and protected and any miscreant does not get any chance to create panic or divide in the society.

Srinagar, May 28, :  The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday directed Director, SKIMS to explain how medical report of Sumbal rape victim was leaked on social media sites.

The court was informed by Petitioner Counsel Shafqat Nazir that SKIMS medical report of the victim child has been leaked on social media sites which shouldn’t have happened as the name and privacy of the child has been violated.

The Division Bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rashid Ali Dar after hearing the counsels directed SKIMS to explain exposure of medical report on the social media sites by next date of hearing.

(Via CNS)

Bandipora, May 28,: Four persons including an elderly man are still languishing in police station for sharing the date of birth of youth accused of raping a 3 year old girl at Tirgam Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

   Pertinently, police station Sumbal registered an FIR vide number 83/2019 under section 153,505B on May 12 after some people on social media posted the date of certificate of rape accused. In a swift action, police arrested four persons who according to reports are still languishing at police station.  

  Advocate Muhammad Shafi Bhat told news agency that among the four arrested person one is an elderly person Muhammad Iqbal Wani (60). “I have applied for his bail and hopefully he will be released. The irony is that some top officials too shared the dob of the accused but they were not touched,” he said added that he has submitted the screenshots of those officials before the court who uploaded it on their twitter accounts. (CNS)

Srinagar, May 28 : CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami Tuesday said the rampant arrest of people, especially youth, in recent times in south Kashmir and other parts of the valley are atrocious and undemocratic and such suppressive measures to contain dissent add to the already existing levels of alienation among the people.

In a statement issued, Tarigami said, “Arrests without any solid legal grounds do not augur well for the state. It has been done before as well in the state, but it has never yielded anything. On the other hand, it just exacerbates the anger and gives rise to further uncertainty.”

“We have always maintained that dissent should always have a place in a democratic society. Curbing the dissent and those holding a contradictory viewpoint is not democratic at all. On the other hand, such sections should be engaged,” Tarigami said.

He said arrest spree under the garb of law and order must stop and instead the youth be appealed to follow peaceful means to express their concern for justice and democratic rights. Using force and arrest as tool to silence the dissent will not only damage and destroy careers of our youth but it will surely prove detrimental results in future, he added.

Hundreds of people, especially youth, are languishing in jails and have been detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). In some cases, even after courts quashed the PSA, detained remain in prison as the police book them under the UAPA, he said, adding that this UAPA is being highly misused and it needs immediate review. The cases of those who have been detained under the PSA and UAPA need to be examined ahead of the Eid.

“We reject the repression and want peace to prevail in valley and not the silence of graveyard. Political leadership needs to have a political approach to solve the long pending political problem of the state. Security-oriented approach overtaking the political outreach, will end up being a loss for the people of Kashmir,” he added.