JAMMU, APRIL 5: On Account of Lok Sabha elections -2019, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced public holiday on the poll dates fixed for different districts of the state.

As per a GAD order, the government has notified 5 days as holidays under section 135 B of the representation of the People Act 1951.

The order also declared the poll day as paid holiday for every eligible voter employed in any business, trade, industrial undertakings or any other establishment. Daily waged/casual workers eligible to vote shall also be entitled to the holidays and wages on the poll day in a particular area.

According to the notification, the polling day of April 11 will be a holiday in Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency (PC) comprising districts of Baramulla, Kupwara Bandipora and Jammu PC comprising Jammu, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts.

Srinagar PC comprising three districts of Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal and the Udhampur PC consisting of Udhampur, Kuthua, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts will observe the holiday on April 18 on account of polling in these areas.

In Anantnag PC comprising Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian districts, the polling is being held on April 23, April 29 and May 6. The District Anantnag will observe holiday on April 23, Kulgam on April 29 and Pulwama and Shopian on May 6 on account of polling in these districts.

The Ladakh PC, spread over Leh and Kargil, will observe holiday on May 6, the day of polling in the region.

The government order also states that a person who is ordinarily resident of a constituency and registered as an elector, serving/employed in an industrial undertaking or an establishment located outside the constituency including casual workers shall be entitled o the benefit of a paid holiday on the day of poll.

New Delhi, Apr 05 : National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet in the Special NIA Court, Mohali, Punjab against four Kashmir youth who were arrested months ago.

“NIA has filed a charge sheet in case no RC-34/2018/NIA/DLI, which relates to recovery of arms and ammunition as well as explosives from the possession of three Kashmiri youth from their hostel room at CT Group of Colleges, Jalandhar,” a statement issued.

Initially, a case FIR No. 166/2018 dated 10-10-2018 was registered by Punjab Police at PS Sadar, Jalandhar. This case was subsequently taken up for investigation by NIA, it added.

Initially, three accused namely Zahid Gulzar s/o Gulzar Ahmad Rather R/o Awantipora, Yasir Rafiq Bhat S/o Mohd. Rafiq Bhat, R/o Noorpora, Awantipora and Mohd. Idiris Shah S/o Abdul Qayoom Shah R/o Bohu, Awantipora were arrested on 10-10-2018 from a hostel room of CT Group of Institutions, Shahpur, Jalandhar.

“One AK-56 Rifle along with 02 Magazines having 27 live rounds each, one Pistol (.30 bore) along with 02 magazines and 31 live rounds and one Kg explosive powder were recovered from the possession of the above mentioned accused at the time of their arrest,” the statement reads.

Two of them viz. Zahid Gulzar and Yasir Rafiq Bhat were studying at CT Institute, Jalandhar and the third namely Mohd. Idris Shah, was studying at St. Soldier Institute, Jalandhar.

During investigation, other accused Sohail Ahmad Bhat S/o Late Ghulam Mohd. Bhat, r/o Village Noorpora, PS Awantipora, Distt Pulwama, a student of Universal Group of Institutions, Lalru, Punjab, was also arrested in the case.

During investigation, it was found that the arrested accused were cadres of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), a Kashmir based militant organisation with a Pan-Islamic ideology, the statement reads.

“Investigation revealed that the arms, ammunition and explosives were collected by the accused under the direction of Zakir Musa for furthering the designs of AGH to commit strikes on sensitive targets. Investigation revealed that in furtherance of this conspiracy, accused had collected two consignments of arms, ammunitions and explosives from Gurdaspur and Amritsar in the months of August and October 2018. The designs of the militants were, however, defeated due to timely arrest of the accused,” it added.

Charge-Sheet has been filed in the Special NIA Court, Mohali, Punjab against (i) Zahid Gulzar son of Gulzar Ahmed Rather, resident of Rajpura, PS Awantipora, District Pulwama, J&K, (ii) Yasir Rafiq Bhat son of Mohd. Rafiq Bhat, resident of Noorpora, PS Awantipora, District Pulwama, J&K, (iii) Mohammad Idriss Shah son of Abdul Qayoom Shah, resident of Bohu, PS Awantipora, District Pulwama, J&K and (iv) Sohail Ahmad Bhat son of Late Ghulam Mohd. Bhat, r/o Village Noorpora, PS Awantipora, Distt Pulwama u/s 120B, 121A, 122 of IPC; Sections 18, 18B, 20 of UA (P) Act; Section 25 of Arms Act and Sections 3, 4, 5 of Explosive Substances Act, 1908.

Further investigation continues in respect of the other accused persons including AGH chief Zakir Musa, the statement added.

Srinagar, April 5 : Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, the head of militant outfit Al-Umar Mujahideen, on Friday said that from 7 p.m. Thursday inmates at central jail Srinagar have been subjected to “worst kind of atrocities and maltreatment” by firing teargas shells and pellets against them.

“After blasphemy with holy Quran by government forces, there were some words exchanged by inmates following which they were subjected to worst kind atrocities and maltreatment.

Teargas shells have and pellets have been fired against the inmates,” Zargar said in a statement issued here.

“This kind of behoir inside jails in unacceptable. Jail authorities also live in Kashmir and they should not compel us to act against them.”

He said not only in central jail Srinagar, inmates are being ill-treated. “Burn my home but I will not hold back and will continue to pursue freedom struggle,” he said, adding, “Those talking about dialogue as means to address Kashmir dispute are living in fool’s paradise. There is only one solution to Kashmir dispute and that is through gun and nothing else.” (GNS)

Asks Shah Faesal to support him in the upcoming parliamentary elections

Karnah 05 April 2019: Urging army, police and civil administration to have mercy on people of Karnah Er. Rasheed has asked government to explain why every single person cutting across age and gender has to face humiliation and hardship for hours together at Sadhna top while travelling in or travelling from Karnah.

Er. Rasheed had exchange of hot words with the army officer at Sadhna top where dozens of vehicles including ambulance were halted and in the name of so called entry they were being made to suffer for hours together due to this unwanted humiliating process which is there is practice since long  and not only results in wastage of their precious time but their lives too are put to danger as the traffic jam so caused puts the vehicles prone to the threats of slides and avalanches.

Er. Rasheed has brought the matter in the notice of core commander after the incident and was assured of abolishing all those unnecessary checks and entries which would cause inconvenience to the masses.

Earlier while addressing a public gathering at Tangdar Er. Rasheed said that if Kartarpur corridor can be opened in Pujnab why should Kashmiris be punished for closing the traditional routes between two sides of Kashmir and if these links are opened the miseries of Kashmiris in general and those of far-flung areas of Karnah will come to an end.

Appreciating people of Karnah for showing overwhelming response to the pro-people agenda of AIP Er. Rasheed said “Neither Mehbooba Mufti nor Sajad Lone or Omer Abdullah have  a right to even seek votes from people of Karnah as all the three so called regional parties have derived pleasure and entertainment from the sufferings of people of Karnah.

If all these three parties who have remained in power from time to time could not provide a tunnel at the Sadhna top, construct a fear weather  road between Chowkibal and Kanah and provide basic immunities to people of Karnah and Karen they should feel ashamed while asking for votes in the entire Karnah constituency”.

Er. Rasheed while seeking special package for border areas like Karnah, Gurez, Keren, Machil, Uri, Nowgam and Ponch Rajouri asked government if Kashmriis Pandits are entitled to get benefitted from various schemes for being migrants, why should not hundreds of families in Karnah, Karen and Bore valleys be given special packages whose land and other movable assets have been destroyed by natural climate or army has occupied them when they were forced to migrate to other side of LOC in 1989.

Later Er. Rasheed addressed more than a dozen rallies in Handwara and Kupwara assembly segments at Haftrada, Phalmarg, Taratpora, Keegam, Kandi and Nutnussa and thanked people for listening to him.

Er. Rasheed reiterated that it is not possible for traditional politicians to stop a possible revolt against them and said that this parliament election will be beginning of a new era in the history of J&K.

Addressing the masses Er. Rasheed appealed Shah Faesal to support him for the larger interests of people of J&K. Er. Rasheed said “It is appropriate time when sincere pro people voices should come forward and throughout the dynasty politics being trusted upon them by NC, PDP and PC.”