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  • Three Hizbul terrorists killed in encounter in J&K’s Pulwama; another gunbattle underway

    By PTI
    SRINAGAR: Three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in the Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district where another gunbattle was underway, police said.

    Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Mandoora in the Tral area following information about the presence of terrorists there, they said.

    An encounter broke out after terrorists opened fire on the security forces, who retailed and killed three ultras in swift action, police said.

    The slain terrorists were identified as Waris Hassan, Aarif Bashir and Ahtishamul Haq.

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    They were affiliated with proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, the police said.

    The trio was allegedly involved in several terror crimes, including a grenade attack in Tral bus stand area on January 2 this year.

    Another encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Lelhaar area of Pulwama district after security forces launched a cordon and search operation, a police official said.

    The exchange of firing between the two sides was going on intermittently, he said.

  • NIA files supplementary chargesheet in Hizbul Mujahideen narco-terror case

    By PTI
    JAMMU: The NIA on Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against two alleged narco-terrorists in a case registered last year following the arrest of a Hizbul Mujahideen operative along with Rs 29 lakh from Punjab, a spokesperson of the investigating agency said.

    Earlier, a chargesheet was filed in the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) narco-terror case on October 10 against 10 people, including the slain chief of the Kashmir-based terror group Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo.

    The supplementary chargesheet was filed against narco terrorists Jaswant Singh alias ‘Jassa’ of Gurdaspur and Gursant Singh alias ‘Gora’ of Tarn Taran in the NIA special court in Mohali, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) spokesperson said.

    The accused persons were involved in collection, distribution and selling of heroin smuggled from Pakistan as also in collection and channelisation of proceeds to further activities of the HM, he said.

    “Gora was one of the important members of the terrorist gang and as a close associate of prime accused Iqbal Singh alias ‘Shera’, was responsible for safe movement of heroin and proceeds to various places/unknown persons,” the spokesperson said.

    The investigation has also brought to the fore that he has purchased many immoveable properties to be used as hideouts and luxury cars for transportation of drugs and proceeds, he said.

    The earlier chargesheet was filed against Hilal Ahmed Shergojri of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, Bikram Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Ranjit Singh and Maninder Singh (Amritsar), and Ranjit Singh and Jaswant Singh (Gurdaspur).

    The spokesperson said all have been arrested except Iqbal Singh of Amritsar and Zafar Hussain Bhat, of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag.

    While Iqbal Singh is absconding, Bhat is hiding in Pakistan, he said.

    The spokesperson said a case was registered at the Sadar Police Station in Amritsar on April 25 last year following the arrest of Shergojri and recovery of Rs 29 lakhs from his possession by the Punjab Police.

    The NIA took up the investigation of the case on May 8 last year.

    During the course of investigation, it emerged that the accused, who had come to Amritsar to collect the money, was a member of proscribed terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen and a close associate of Naikoo.

    “This led to busting of a major narco-terror module involved in smuggling and selling of heroin in India and channelising of drug-proceeds to Pakistan through Hawala and to the HM terrorists based in J&K at the behest of HM terrorists based in Pakistan,” the spokesperson said, adding further investigation against the absconding is underway.

  • Editorial :- Mamta Banerjee joins hands to stop the way Shah

    Roopa Ganguly hit the Chief Minister in Kolkata after being removed from the posters of Amit Shah in Kolkata. Rupa ji should understand that this is a good sign for the BJP.
    By removing the posters of the BJP in Calcutta, the TMC has sent a poster with Mamta’s posters and has conveyed the message that he is welcoming Amit Shah.
    Always in love, Mamta is now seen as a replacement. The way Hizbul Mujahideen said today that he is not an enemy of pilgrims. They will not target Amarnath pilgrims. In the same way Mamata is scattering after seeing the BJP’s tilt.
    Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s birth anniversary also has been celebrated by the Trinamool Congress for the first time at the government level. Mamta ji sent two of her representatives to that event. Statue of Mukherjee was also installed It is a matter of remembrance that in the response to Lillian’s idol in Tripura, it was done in Calcutta, where Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was hurt.
    Purulia will start with ‘Shah’ – the game of victory, Mamta will be able to save her fortune or saffron will be Bengal
    Today’s news is possible that Sukhmandu Shekhar Roy of Trinamool Congress will be the sitting candidate of the Opposition for the Deputy Chairman in the Rajya Sabha.
    If this happens and this sequence continues, then it is possible that the direct indirect Left parties and the Congress may also come with Mamata, in addition to the Congress and the Left parties, Mamata Banerjee herself is also scared to see the BJP’s expansion of power.
    From this point of view, the 2019 election will be between the BJP-TMC + Congress + Left in West Bengal.
    Shah’s assertion in Mamta’s fort, BJP in Target-26
    Amit Shah has set a target of putting 22 seats in BJP’s 42 seats in West Bengal. However, Shah has won a blue print from the Bengal BJP for winning 26 seats. While 2014 West Bengal has only two seats in the BJP. Union Minister Babul Suprio Asansol while SS Ahluwalia is a BJP MP from Darjeeling constituency.
    But in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is focusing on the 26 seats of Bengal, most of which are from the tribal dominated districts of North Bengal, South Bengal and Jangalmahal.
    In 2014, Mamta Banerjee led TMC had won 34 seats while the Congress and CPM accounted for two seats in the same way as BJP. In the 2019 general election on the lines of the Assembly of West Bengal 2015, Congress and Left can contest elections jointly. Mamta will have to do two separate hands in both the elections from the BJP and the Congress in the general election. However, this coalition did not get the success in the assembly elections.
    Encouraged by this, Amit Shah’s target is now to win 26 seats in Mamta’s fort.
    Purulia will start with ‘Shah’ – the game of victory, Mamta will be able to save her fortune or saffron will be Bengal
    Mamta Banerjee is trying to surround her by raising the issue of law and order in the government. The BJP feels that political murder and poor law and order are a big issue due to chaos in the state.
    BJP President Amit Shah has reached West Bengal on a two-day tour on June 27. Meanwhile, Amit Shah will also discuss the party’s strategy in the state for two days and will also participate in several programs. BJP leaders and workers have to prepare for bigger battle.
    1. By removing the posters of the BJP in Calcutta, the TMC has sent a poster with Mamta’s posters and has conveyed the message that he is welcoming Amit Shah.
    2. Even celebrating Jayanti by Mamta Banerjee at the government level of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee also indicates that it is possible that the BJP can reach its target.
    3. There is nothing impossible in politics, so if there is opposition unity in West Bengal for 2019, the contest will be interesting.