Government forces detained four youth from Vehil village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday night. 

Locals said that the four youth Anayatullah Malik son of Mohammad Syed Malik, Tanveer Ahmad Wagay son of Gh. Hussain Wagay, Sajad Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Hamid Khan, all residents of Vehil and Muzafar Ahmad Mir son of Ghulam Hassan Mir of Choudrigund village were detained during night raids.

Earlier, five persons Asif Malik, Faheem Shah, Umar Shafi Rather and Akib Shah, all residents of Vehil village were detained from their houses during a raid on Tuesday night. 

Another person, Adil Nazeer was detained from Nowgam Shopian on Wednesday morning.

A police official said that the youth were detained for questioning in connection with militancy related incidents.

Rehan Showkat

Srinagar, April 3 : Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked two “notorious” drug peddlers from Budgam district of central Kashmir under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) as part of its drive to curb the menace of drug abuse in the Valley.

A police officer told GNS that Zubair Ahmad Dar son of Noorullah of Nagam and Abdul Hameed Rather son of Abdul Gani Rather of Hussipora arrested last week along with large quantity of drugs were booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act in Police Station Chadoora.

Both the persons were arrested several times following recovery of large quantity of contraband substance from their possession, the officer said.

The duo is notorious drug peddlers and as such were booked under the Public Safety Act, the officer said.

While Zubair was shifted to district jail Kupwara, Abdul Hameed to district jail Anantnag for lodgment.

“The drive against the growing menace in the district will continue and the stringent action will be taken anyone found involved in the drug peddling”, the officer said. (GNS)

Srinagar: Appealing to the masses to vote for Awami Itehad Party (AIP) cutting across party lines, AIP Parliamentary candidate from North Kashmir Abdul Rashid has said that Omer Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Sajad Lone have conceded their defeat and are now busy in playing dirty politics and trying to do everything to stab masses again.

While addressing more than a dozen rallies in Chack Sari, Chukar, Mulgam, Lolpora, Kunzar, Aubur, Karhama, Gulmarg assembly segment today Rashid said that Omer Abdullah ‘should feel ashamed’ for talking about restoration of autonomy and must understand that he is making a laughing stock of himself by talking about restoration of post of Prime Minister and President.

Rashid said, “May Omer Abdullah answer, has he the moral authority to talk about the same autonomy which late Sheikh Sahab surrendered and preferred to become Chief Minister without being member of any house and with the support of those whom he would call gutter worms and ask for their social boycott.”

“Had NC been sincere the least thing Indra Abdullah accord would have yielded would have been restoration of autonomy but unfortunately late Sheikh Sahab surrendered everything to earn fortunes for his near and dear ones,” he aded.

He also said that before talking about Autonomy Omer Abdullah should answer why his party couldn’t do it from 1996 to 2002 and then why didn’t the agenda of autonomy moved even an inch when NC entered into collation with congress in 2008.

“Whenever there are elections NC’s only slogan in autonomy and nothing else,” said Rashid and accused NC of diluting the real Kashmir cause.

He said that not only Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat were hanged in NC’s regime but the “shameless party could not get back even mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat.”

Rashid reminded NC how it got “resolution seeking clemency for Afzal Guru sabotaged through Mohammad Akbar Lone who today tries to exploit sentiments of masses just to gain votes”.

Rashid also lashed out at Mehbooba Mufti for bringing morale of Kashmiris down by handing them over to Sangh Parivar after its ‘dirty’ alliance with BJP.