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Tag: Jammu and Kashmir
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J&K acid attack victim flown to Chennai hospital
Express News Service
SRINAGAR: A 24-year-old Srinagar woman who suffered injuries on eye in an acid attack last week was flown to Chennai for specialised treatment on Monday. A family member of the victim said she would be examined by a team of doctors at Chennai’s Sankara Nethralaya on Tuesday. She is accompanied by four persons including her parents.
The girl was injured in an acid attack at Wantpora, Hawal in downtown Srinagar in the evening on February 1 when she was returning home from the business unit where she used to work. The cornea of both eyes have sustained injuries in the attack.
Doctors at SMHS hospital in the J&K capital, where she was admitted following the attack, said Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai — one of the prestigious eye-care hospitals in the country — is the best option for a corneal reconstruction. One of the doctors said, “The acid attack victim may require advanced stem cell therapy and eye surface reconstruction.”
Meanwhile, police has arrested three persons including the attacker, his associate and a mechanic who had sold acid to the attacker. The J&K administration is bearing the entire cost of treatment of the acid attack victim. “All the medical expenses, our lodging and boarding in Chennai is being taken care of by the government,” said the family member.
The acid attack against the young woman by the boy with whom the girl’s engagement had been called off by the girl’s family has caused outrage across the state with politicians and people demanding awarding of capital punishment to the acid attacker.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Srinagar
By PTI
SRINAGAR: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces here in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.
Based on a specific input generated by the police regarding the presence of terrorists in the Rangpora Zakura area of Srinagar, a cordon-and-search operation was launched there, a spokesperson said.
“During the search operation, as the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon the search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter,” he said.
In the ensuing gunfight, two terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter, the official said. He identified them as Ikhlaq Ahmad Hajam of Kujer Frisal, Kulgam, and Adil Nisar Dar of Malangpora, Pulwama.
Both were linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT /TRF (The Resistance Front) – a shadow of the LeT, the spokesperson said. As per police records, he said, Hajam was active since June 2021 and Dar since August 2021.
“Both were categorised terrorists and part of groups involved in several terror crime cases including attack on police and security forces and civilian atrocities. Besides, they were also instrumental in motivating the gullible youth to join terror folds and reviving the OGW network,” he said.
The spokesman said Hajam was the mastermind behind the recent killing of head constable Ali Mohammad at Hasanpora Anantnag on January 29. He was also involved in an IED blast on the Qaimoh-Yaripora road on January 18.
Incriminating materials, and arms and ammunition, including two pistols and five hand grenades, were recovered from the site of the encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar congratulated the Srinagar Police for carrying out the anti-terrorist operation in a professional manner without any collateral damage, the spokesperson said.
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Journalist arrested in J&K for uploading ‘anti-national’ content on social media
By PTI
SRINAGAR: A journalist in Jammu and Kashmir was arrested for allegedly uploading anti-national content on social media with a “criminal intention” to provoke the public to disturb law and order, police said on Friday.
Fahad Shah, an editor of a news portal, was arrested after a case was registered by police in Pulwama district in south Kashmir.
“It was reliably learnt by the Pulwama police that some Facebook users and portals were uploading anti-national content, including photographs, videos and posts, with a criminal intention to create fear among the public and the content so uploaded can provoke the public to disturb law and order,” a police spokesperson said.
He said it was also learnt that these Facebook users were uploading posts glorifying terrorist activities and causing dent to the image of law-enforcing agencies, besides causing ill-will and disaffection against the country.
“As the aforementioned activities by some of the Facebook users amount to commission of cognizable offences, the Pulwama police registered a case vide FIR No.19/2022 under the relevant sections of law and initiated an investigation,” the spokesperson said.
Shah was arrested during the course of the investigation, he said, adding that the accused is in police custody.
Shah was earlier questioned by police after the news portal uploaded a story based on a claim by the family of a terrorist, who was killed in an encounter in the Naira area of Pulwama on January 30.
Four ultras were killed in the encounter, police had said, but the family of one of the slain terrorists had claimed that their kin was innocent.
Reacting to the journalist’s arrest, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said standing up for the truth is deemed anti-national.
“Standing up for the truth is deemed anti national. Showing the mirror to a deeply intolerant and authoritarian government is also anti national. Fahad’s journalistic work speaks for itself and depicts the ground reality unpalatable to GOI. How many Fahads will you arrest?” she wrote on Twitter.
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Encounter in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorist killed
By PTI
SRINAGAR: An unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at village Nadigam in Nowpora area of the district, a police spokesman said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter in which one terrorist was shot dead by security forces. The spokesman said further details of the incident are awaited.
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24-year-old suffers eye injury in Jammu and Kashmir acid attack, one arrested
Express News Service
SRINAGAR: A 24-year-old girl sustained burn injuries in her face and eyes following an acid attack in Srinagar on Tuesday evening. Police sources said a group of persons attacked the girl with acid outside her business unit at Osmania Colony at around 6 pm. The girl, who hails from Eidgah area of downtown Srinagar, was rushed to SMHS hospital. One person was arrested.
A police official said investigation is going on. “We are viewing CCTV footage. We will also be talking to the victim to identify the attackers,” he said. Medical Superintendent of SMHS, Dr Kanwaljeet Singh said the girl has sustained burn injuries. “There are burn injuries on her face, left forearm and left hand,” he said.
“It cannot be said at this point whether she would be able to see with her eyes again. The doctors are monitoring her condition and the girl is being operated,” he said. Srinagar mayor Junaid Mattu, while expressing anguish over the acid attack, said the police would track the culprits and bring them to book. “I stand with the victim and her family and will reach out personally,” he tweeted.
Second incidentTuesday’s acid attack is the second such incident in Kashmir in four months. On October 5 last year, an 18-year-old girl sustained burn injuries on the face in an acid attack in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Two persons had been arrested for that incident.
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Many steps taken to give better opportunities to people of hitherto neglected J&K, Ladakh: President Ram Nath Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind said the government has started a new central sector scheme for the industrial development of Jammu and Kashmir at a cost of about Rs 28,000 crore.
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Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude hits Jammu and Kashmir
By PTI
SRINAGAR: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, but there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, officials said.
The epicentre of the quake was in Hindukush in Afghanistan, they said.
The quake of magnitude 5.3, which occurred at 9.43 pm, was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said.
The quake hit at the coordinates of 36.37 degrees north and 71.5 degrees east at a depth of 81 km, they said.
There are no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, they said.
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JeM terrorist, cop killed and five injured in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir
By PTI
SRINAGAR: A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist and a policeman were killed and five people, including three soldiers, injured in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Pariwan area of the district following information about the presence of militants there, officials said They said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire towards the position of security forces.
Inspector General of Police (Kashmir zone) Vijay Kumar said one policeman and one Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist were killed in the encounter “One police personnel Sg Ct Rohit Chhib attained martyrdom, three Army soldiers got injured. Two civilians also got minor injuries. One terrorist of terror outfit JeM killed. Operation continues,” Kumar tweeted.
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Seven injured in head-on collision in J&K’s Poonch district
By IANS
JAMMU: Seven persons were injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles in J&K’s Poonch district on Tuesday.
Police said seven persons were injured in a head-on collision between an army vehicle and a video coach bus near Tota Gali in Poonch district.
The injured persons, including six males and a woman, were shifted to army hospital at BG Gali from where they have been referred to government medical college hospital Rajouri.
“Police has taken cognisance of the incident,” sources said.