Srinagar, March 25 : Police on Monday said that it has arrested a thief in Srinagar and recovered a stolen Maruti car and a bike from his possession.

“A written complaint was lodged by Irfan Ahmad Ganie son of Abdul Qayoom Ganie resident of Yari-Kalan Chadoora in Police Station Karan Nagar stating that one individual was trying to steal his Maruti 800 car at Karan Nagar,” a police spokesman said in a statement.

Accordingly, a case FIR No. 16/2019 under relevant sections of law was registered and investigation was initiated, he said.

“During the investigation, one suspect person namely Abdul Hamid Mir son of Abdul Rahim Mir resident of Rawal Pora Budgam was apprehended and from his possession, one Maruti car, one bike, two master keys and a wooden scale was recovered,” he said.

Further investigation is going on. More arrests/recoveries are expected, he said.

The general public has applauded the prompt and swift action of the police, he said. 

Srinagar, Mar 25 : A day after the state unit of the BJP filed an application for disqualification of National Conference leader Mohammed Akbar Lone as poll constant from Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency Akbar Lone hit back at BJP a king it file an FIR against him for shouting “Pro-Pakistan” slogans.

While talking to reporters on the sidelines of an election rally at Tangmarg, Lone said, “He would defend article 370 and article 35-A in Parliament. “National Conference stands for resolution of Kashmir issue and we will strive hard for its resolution,” he said. (KNS) 

Srinagar, Mar 25 : Deeply concerned about the continued crackdown on pro-freedom leaders, their relatives, activists and particularly youth, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said that the rhetoric of India being world’s largest democracy is mere hoax and deceit as its highhandedness and brutality, aggressive military and coercive measures have tarnished every fabric of democratic norm, if any, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Condemning the shifting of Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Dr. Hamid Fayaz to Kuthwa and crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami, JKLF and other pro-freedom leaders and activists, Hurriyat (G) chairman said that every political event in India brings a bad of worries and miseries for the helpless inmates of Jammu and Kashmir.

As now the election activities are on peak in whole of India, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, it opens the doors of prisons, interrogation centers and police stations.

He said that to make this militarized election drama a success every sane voice for basic and fundamental rights is strangulated through the barrel of gun and by the blunt sword of investigative institutions.

Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman said that suppressing genuine aspiration of people through un-paralleled force and might has always catastrophic ramifications and non resolution of this nuclear flash point has proved it many times.

He said that nobody on earth has ever succeeded in curbing the freedom sentiment and India stands as an example itself. So early it accomplishes the reality, better it will be for the world in general and sub-continent in particular, he added.

Srinagar, Mar 25 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday intimated the names of the party leaders to Election Commission of India who have been nominated as Star campaigners for the coming Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir by the party president Mehbooba Mufti.

Signed by PDP General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, a letter was sent to Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir in which names of nine PDP leaders were declared as the star campaigners of the party.

The names are Mehbooba Mufti, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, Abdul Rahman Veeri, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, Abdul Haq Khan, Dilawar Mir, Mehboob Beigh, Nizam-ud-din Bhat and party’s Srinagar district President and MLC Mohammad Khurshid Alam. 

Srinagar, Mar 25 : Former bureaucrat Farooq Shah who recently joined National Conference (NC) today said that he gave up his chair for the betterment of his constituency (Gulmarg) and for the better future of the youth of his area.

Addressing a rally in Kunzer area of Tangmarg, Shah said the Gulmarg was once a strong forte of NC, but with time its local leaders were harassed and forced to switch sides.

Without naming anyone, Shah said the environment of fear was created in this area by the politicians. “People used to have sleepless nights and continuous fear. Now those days have gone. Those people will lose their deposits in the upcoming polls. People want change,” Shah said.

He said even in 2019, this constituency and its people are still aspiring for sadak, bijli and paani. “This constituency should not have backward. We had two crowns Gulmarg and Baba Reshi…but we are still lagging behind because of the politicians who exploited this constituency,” he said.

Shah said, “I will do honest politics…I won’t do dirty politics like others who did it here. In the name of casual jobs people were deceived. Those people are still without salaries even after 6 years. Once we (NC) form the government power, we will frame a job policy for youths.”

Shah said Gulmarg is a vast constituency but it is still underdeveloped. “Its roads are in shambles. Electric wires are still hooked with dilapidated wooden logs and trees. People still fetch water from streams, which is not good for health.

I left my chair for the future of my people. People want change here, he added.