SRINAGAR: Brigadier (Dr.) B D Mishra (Retired) will take oath as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh on Sunday, officials said.
He will be sworn in as the second LG of the Himalayan region, at Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra, Leh. He will replace R K Mathur, who held the prestigious office since 2019 when Ladakh became the union territory.
As per the news agency KNO, the 83-year-old Mishra is a former brigadier of the Indian Army and the former Commander of the Counter Hijack Force of the National Security Guard (NSG), popularly known as the Black Cat Commandos.
Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) was born on July 20, 1939, in Uttar Pradesh. He was commissioned in Infantry, the Madras Regiment, on December 17, 1961. He retired after an illustrious army career spreading over 33 years and 7 months, in the National Security Guard (NSG) on July 31, 1995. He served in all three major wars – in 1962 Sino-Indian War, the 1965 Indo-Pak War, and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He operated in the insurgency area from 1963 to 1964 and commanded an Infantry Battalion on the Line of Control in Poonch Sector from 1979-81.
Brigadier Mishra commanded an Infantry Brigade as a part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka and fought against the LTTE during the most intense stage of Operation PAWAN on the Jaffna-Palali axis and, after the Jaffna battle, in Vavunia and Trincomalee, from 1987 to 1988.
On the night of April 24 and 25, 1993, as Counter Hijack Force Commander of the National Security Guard (NSG), he led a surgical strike on an Indian Airlines hijacked aircraft at Raja Sansi Airfield, Amritsar. After the elimination of the hijacker by the commandos, 126 passengers, 9 infants and 6 crew members were safely rescued. He received a Commendation from the Prime Minister of India for this operation. After his retirement, when the Pakistani Army occupied the Kargil defences, he volunteered to join the Kargil War in 1999.
SRINAGAR: Two devotees of Shiv Khori shrine lost their lives while 35 others got injured in three separate road accidents that took place near Teryath town of Rajouri district.
As per the news agency KNO, in a major accident, a bus carrying the devotees of Shiv Khori shrine fell into gorge in a village of Reasi district just two kilometres ahead of Teryath town. Two people including a teenage boy got killed in this accident while 28 others sustained injuries.
A police official said the accident took place when a canter bus was on its way to Shiv Khori shrine Reasi from Rajouri. After crossing Teryath town of Kalakote sub division, the driver of the vehicle lost his control and the bus ferrying devotees fell in a roadside gorge, he said.
The place of accident, the official said, is in territorial jurisdiction of Reasi district.
After medical first aid, 18 of the injured were referred to GMC Jammu, while the condition of the 12 injured is stated to be critical, he said.
The two deceased have been identified as Harpan Singh (13), son of Manveer Singh, resident of Dalhori Rajouri; and Pankaj Kumar (29), son of Shamsheer Singh, resident of Kalalkass Rajouri.
Eighteen injured who have been referred to GMC Jammu include Sahil Kumar (22), Sonika Thakur (22), Shashi Devi (46), Jyoti Devi (16), Sachin Singh (22), Karnail Singh (20), Kulwant Singh (65), Chain Singh (22), Surjeet Singh (32), Raj Kumari (57), Babli Devi (20), Madan Lal (55), Pooja Devi (19), Joginder Singh (24), Tanish Singh (22), Sanjana Devi (15), Darshana Devi (29), Anjali Sharma (18), Nitra Devi (32), all residents of Rajouri.
Ten injured who are under treatment in Teryath Primary Health Center include Jasbir Singh (10), Yuvraj Singh (10), Dewani Thakur (09), Sakshi Devi (17), Dipti Sharma (03), Gurmail Singh (20), Rohit Singh (17), Tanish Singh (13) and Neeru Sharma (25).
Police said that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered in Ramsoo police station of Reasi and the investigation is going on.
In two other accidents, seven people got injured in twin road accidents that took place in Rajouri district in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
As per police, an accident took place when a motorcycle without a registration number skidded on Khawas -Teryath road. The accident took place around three kilometers short of Teryath town.
In this accident, a police official said, motorcycle also hit a pedestrian woman, while three boys travelling on a motorcycle got injured. These include Bachan Singh (22), son of Dhyan Singh, Jagmohan (23) son of Puran Singh and Sunil Singh (23) son of Khajoor Singh, all residents of Khawas in Rajouri.
The pedestrian woman hit by motorcycle also got injured in this accident. She has been identified as Lata Mukesh, wife of Surinder Kumar, resident of Laroka, Qila Darhal.
Two of the injured identified as Bachan Singh and Jagmohan Singh were referred to GMC Jammu for specialised treatment while other two injured including a woman are under treatment in Teryath civil hospital.
In one more accident that took place at Shruti on Sunderbani Teryath road, three people got injured.
A police official said the accident took place when a motorcycle on way to Teryath from Sunderbani skidded off the road. “Three boys sustained injuries in the accident. They were shifted to Teryath civil hospital from where one of the injured identified as Aman Sharma (17), son of Vikas Kumar, resident of Rajal was referred to GMC Jammu,” he said.
SRINAGAR: An eight-year-old minor died when a tree fell on him in Magraypora area of Achabal in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday evening.
An official told GNS that the minor identified as Azhar Jahangir son of Jahangir Ahmad Ganie of Kanganhall Achabal came under the tree fell which was cut down by some locals. The official said that the minor, who was going on cycle at the time of the incident, was shifted to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. Police have taken cognizance of the incident, the official added.(GNS)
SRINAGAR: On the occasion of Shab-e-Meraj, the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, on Saturday announced the prayers timings at the Hazratbal shrine.
The Holy Relic of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) will be displayed after each prayer on the first and 2nd day and on the Friday following Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH), the Board, which manages the shrines and mosques in the Union Territory, said.
The Isha prayer on 18th Feb 2023, will be offered at exactly at 10:00 pm. After the Isha prayer, Khamatat-ul-Muazamat, Darood-u-Azkar, Naat-Khwaani and the gathering of Waaz-n-Tabligh will continue throughout the night, it said, as per news agency KDC.
A view of the sea On 19th February 2023, the ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be the first day of Saeed. On this day, after every prayer, the Holy Relic of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) will be displayed.
The prayer timing will be Fajr prayer at 6:30 am, Zuhr prayer at 2:00 pm, Asr prayer 4:55 pm, Maghrib prayer 06:26 pm, and Isha prayer at 07:55 pm.
On 20th February 2023, the ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be the second day of Saeed. The programme and prayer times of this day will be according to the first day.
February 23, 2023, Thursday, will be the last night of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH). On this day, according to the practice, after the previous Maghrib prayer, the words of masnoun and dua, recitation of naat, preaching and the meeting of the period of peace and blessings will continue until Isha prayer. Isha prayer will be offered at 10:00 pm.
After the Isha prayer, the assembly of Khatmat-ul-Muazamat, Darood-u-Azkar, Naat-e-Khawani and preaching will continue till Fajr Azan throughout the night.
The closing ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be on Friday, February 24, 2023. On this day also the Holy Relic of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) will be displayed after every prayer. The Prayer timing for this day will be Fajr prayer at 06:25 am, Friday prayer at 02:30 pm, Asr prayer at 05:00 pm, Maghrib prayer at 06:30 pm, and Isha prayer at 08:00 pm, respectively.
SRINAGAR: Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC) on Saturday defeated Mohammedan SC in a Hero I-League 2022-2023 match 3-2 at the Synthetic Turf TRC Srinagar.
Although the RKFC players started playing attacking football, it was Mohammedan Sporting which scored the first goal. From the right wing, Marcus Joseph sent a delightful cross at the far post for Mirlan Murzaev, who beat defender Kamalpreet Singh to the ball and headed it.
Then RKFC’s Samuel Kynshi scored the equalizer. After receiving a pass from Bawitlung in the midfield, Kynshi charged at the Mohammedan goal and beat goalkeeper Samanta with an exquisite finish.
However, to the dismay of the home fans, the visitors restored their lead just six minutes later. Winger SK Faiaz cut the ball back for Christy Davis at the edge of the six-yard area, and the midfielder slotted it into the bottom corner for his second goal of the season.
To the dismay of the home fans, the visitors restored their lead just six minutes later. Winger SK Faiaz cut the ball back for Christy Davis at the edge of the six-yard area, and the midfielder slotted it into the bottom corner for his second goal of the season.In the first half, Mohammedan SC was leading 2-1.
In the second half, RKFC managed two more goals.
Kynshi made amends just three minutes after the restart by restoring parity. The 22-year-old sent a looping cross from the edge of the penalty area, and Samanta’s struggles in the Mohammedan goal continued as he could not judge the flight of the ball, which then dropped into the back of the net.
With the score locked at 2-2, it was Real Kashmir with all the pressure on the Mohammedan defence. Following a corner kick, Ibrahim Nurudeen came close to scoring in the 73rd minute. The striker received the ball right in front of the goal but was slow to react and the ball was collected by goalkeeper Samanta.
Nine minutes later, as Real Kashmir played high up in Mohammedan’s half, Murzaev made a counter-attacking run into the hosts’ half, and after reaching the by-line, the Kyrgyz cut back for Abiola Dauda but the Nigerian skied his effort.
With just four minutes of regulation time left Real Kashmir took the lead for the first time in the match. Ghanaian substitute Ernest Boateng scored with his first touch of the game to send the crowd into raptures. It was Kynshi with yet another goal contribution as his inch-perfect cross was neatly headed in by Boateng to seal all three points for Gifton Noel-Williams’ side.
Samuel Kynshi was awarded the Hero of the match for scoring two goals.
With the political permutations and combinations continuously at play in Jammu and Kashmir since the last assembly elections in 2014, the region has witnessed the formation of 22 new political parties in the last eight years, reports Yawar Hussain
JK Police arrested the founder of Awami Awaaz Party on February 16, 2023, for being anti-national. The party came into being after the reading down of Article 370 in August 2019. Pic: JKP
The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), recently formed by Ghulam Nabi Azad has been a new entrant in Kashmir’s political space. While he managed dissensions from the Congress, the clock reversed soon as sixleaders including three former lawmakers re-joined the Congress around Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Joda Yatra.
Like Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party also faced similar dissensions after the fall of the BJPDP alliance in June 2018. While it paved way for the making of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party as 12 former PDP leaders joined it, the rest choose Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference which now has 10 former PDP leaders.
Unlike JKAP and JKPC, there are many parties – registered and unregistered, which have cropped up post-August 2019.
Not Traditional
Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist Peoples Front, launched in 2021, is headed by Sheikh Muzzafar who says that the party’s core ideology is violence, drugs and corruption-free Jammu and Kashmir while the issues like Article 370 aren’t their cup of tea.
“The parties raking up the 370 issues should address it. We have only these three issues on our plate,” Muzzafar said. On being asked about how different JKNPF is from parties with similar agendas, Muzzafar said that the traditional parties have exploited both India and Pakistan. “They have added to the violence, the root cause of which is corruption which we plan to eradicate.”
Along similar lines, the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Awaaz party was formally launched in February 2022 with Suhail Khan as President. The party came into the news soon after they went to hoist the tricolour at Ghanta Ghar.
The party spokesperson Mohammad Arif said that the traditional parties have only pushed the common masses down while siphoning the money for themselves. “Our youth are mainly into drugs because of unemployment. We would get multi-national companies here so that youth get jobs like in rest of India.” He said that Article 370 is a right of the people of J&K that they should get. “Party would decide on the course of action on 370 in coming time.”
As per the party’s vision statement, the members have “affirmed to strive for national integration, peace, brotherhood, communal harmony, development and all other issues for the betterment of inhabitants of Jammu Kashmir without consideration of Caste, creed, region, religion, sex colour and so on.”
Jammu and Kashmir All Alliance Democratic Party was launched in July 2022 by Raquib ul Rashi, Navneet Misra and Nasir Ali Kochak, who all switched from Aam Aadmi Party.
Mishra said that the party’s core agenda is statehood which was snatched unfairly. “The traditional parties in Jammu and Kashmir have only divided the people of the area on religious and regional lines. We will try to bridge those gaps.”
He said that JKAADP is for the restoration pre-August 5 status on the lines in which the farm laws were reversed which were also passed by parliament.
Haq Insaf Party, registered with the Election Commission of India in July 2019, is headed by the former Aam Aadmi Party. Its leader Bilal Khan says that the party was formed for addressing basic developmental issues which the traditional parties couldn’t deliver in the erstwhile state. However, Khan believes that Article 370 shouldn’t have been read down.
Gareeb Democratic Party J&K (GDBJK) was launched in September 2022 by Bashir Ahmad Ganie who rechristened his earlier party Rajya Navjawan Shakti Party started in 2005. The party’s core agenda is to give tickets to people from financially weaker backgrounds so that they can become part of the developmental process.
Aman Aur Shanti Tehreek-e-Jammu Kashmir founded by hitherto unknown Abdullah Kashmiri is registered by the Election Commission of India under the unrecognised party category.
Before August 5, the party was a votary for protection of the Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Recently, Abdullah during a protest asked the leaders associated with the Hurriyat Conference to leave the resistance and become part of mainstream politics.
All India People’s Nationalist Party, launched in November 2021 is headed by Mudasir Ahmad and Sheeraz Zaman Lone Tantray.
Mudasir says that the party’s core agenda is the restoration of the statehood that the Home minister and Prime Minister have promised. “We plan to go to each part of India as well as Jammu and Kashmir for our demand, unlike the traditional parties.”
He says that the party also wants to be a messenger from J&K to other people of India who think that Kashmiris aren’t nationalists. “There is a gap which might be our fault. We want to tell the people of the country that we too are nationalists.”
Jammu and Kashmir Save Party (JKSP) started by Ghulam Hassan Dar is also critical of the traditional parties. Dar says that the PDP and NC have both killed and maimed the people of Kashmir for power while accusing each other of public consumption.
He said that NC sold autonomy while PDP sold self-rule while others sold the right to self-determination and Azadi to the “beleaguered” people of Kashmir.
“The youth of Jammu and Kashmir want to change. We formed the JKSP to only save the people from these traditional parties.”
Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party came into prominence during the 2018’s Panchayat elections which the PDP and NC boycotted against the central government’s non-assurance on protection for Article 370. Since his party put up candidates in that Panchayat election, Mir Junaid, its leader has been vocally critical of both the PDP and NC.
Terming NC’s and PDP’s Gupkar Alliance as ‘Ali Baba Aur Chalis Chor’, Mir said that pre-August-5 these parties were saying that if Article 370 goes they won’t abide by the Indian constitution and won’t even hold the tricolour. “When District Development Council elections were announced, they both jumped into the contest. That is the proof of their hypocrisy.”
“What is wrong if someone from Jammu becomes Chief Minister this time around? Kashmiris have ruled the region for so long,” Mir said. His party has been supportive of the August 5 moves vis-à-vis the erstwhile state.
Mir managed to get dissension from the National Conference when his wife and former lawmaker Shenaz Ganai parted ways with the party before their marriage.
In line with the new parties emerging against the traditional ones, Sheikh Imran, a Srinagar Municipal Corporation councillor has now started Khanyar Darbar which is yet to be established as a party.
Imran, like Mir, came to prominence during the Urban Local Body elections of 2018, which were also boycotted by NC and PDP. He started with Congress and then Peoples Conference. Currently, he is critical of the PDP, Congress, NC and everyone else under the Khanyar Darbar umbrella. However, he has had rekindled bonhomie with JKAP Youth President and SMC Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu but has been critical of JKAP Chief Altaf Bukhari in a rather timid tone.
Challengers
This new political crowd apart, Kashmir’s traditional parties will face the challenge from the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) and the newly formed Democratic Progressive Azad Party.
JKAP, formed in March 2020, has been critical of the Gupkar Alliance while being silent on the JKPC. The party’s core ideology has been the restoration of statehood along with securing land and job rights for the people and basic development including job creation.
The party floated at a time when all top mainstream leaders of Kashmir were in custody post-August 5. JKAP managed to win 12 seats out of 172 seats in the DDC elections of 2020 but installed its chairmen in two district development councils of Kashmir Valley.
Like the JKAP, the JKPC, which had just two seats in the previous assembly, gained substantial leaders from the PDP.
An ally of the BJP in the previous government, JKPC also won the chairperson posts of two DDCs in Baramulla and Kupwara. The party was a part of the Gupkar Alliance pre and post-August 5 but they parted ways alleging that PDP and NC had put proxy candidates against them in the DDC elections.
However, all Gupkar Alliance constituents alleged that proxy candidates were put up by them against each other including by the JKPC. JKPC has been a votary for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35-A.
Both JKAP and JKPC have been dubbed as BJP’s B-team.
The traditional parties are now also bracing up to either an ally or fight against Azad’s DPAP who had earned goodwill across the board for his three-year term as its chief minister from 2005 to 2008.
Even though Azad hasn’t been critical of the traditional parties barring the Congress, he has termed his chief ministerial era as the “best” in a direct snub to these parties who have ruled J&K multiple times.
His party’s ideology is in contravention of the Gupkar Alliance but in line with the JKAP. DPAP is also vouching for the restoration of statehood along with the protection of land and employment rights for natives and development.
While Gupkar Alliance avoided dubbing DPAP as BJP’s second fiddle, the Congress and JKAP alleged that they were propped up by the Centre. The DPAP hasn’t had a smooth run so far as the party’s few founding members are in the doldrums while some have returned back to the parent Congress party.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which voted in favour of the reading down of Articles 370 and 35-A along with the downsizing of Jammu and Kashmir to a UT, has been looking for inroads into the Jammu province based on their performance in the neighbouring Punjab state.
After facing many hiccups since 2014, the party last year got a shot in the arm when the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party almost merged into AAP with former’s chairman Harshdev Singh joining the bandwagon.
The party has been eyeing the Jammu province’s Hindu heartland areas where it sees Congress’s downfall as a window of opportunity to challenge the BJP which has been ruling the region since 2014.
Swept Away
Earlier in March 2019, babu-turned-politician Shah Faesal launched Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), which he deserted after August 5 to join back the civil services. JKPM became conspicuously absent from the discourse even though it was launched with much fanfare – Hawa badlegi. Initially, the party tied up with former lawmaker Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittihad Party (AIP) for the 2019’s general elections. Rashid, currently in Tihar jail in a militant funding case, had managed to garner over one lakh votes in a closely contested election.
However, Faesal along with scores of mainstream politicians was detained under Public Safety Act (PSA). After his release in 2020, Faesal left politics and is currently Deputy Secretary of the Union Culture Ministry.
His party was then in hands of former Peoples Democratic Party lawmaker Javaid Mustafa Mir who also deserted the ship to join the JKAP.
Like JKPM, the AIP also witnessed dissensions after Rashid’s arrest. Former AIP Spokesperson Sheeban Ashai left the party last year in August to form the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party.
He accused his former boss Rashid’s brother Sheikh Khurshid of engaging in close-door negotiations with JKAP Chief Syed Altaf Bukhari.
His party’s agenda would be healthcare, education, infrastructure development and job creation.
“Resolution of Kashmir problem, Articles 370 and 35-A and statehood along with repealing of draconian laws is sacrosanct for us,” Ashai said.
In July 2020, cricketer Sayim Mustafa launched his Jammu and Kashmir Socio-Political Movement (JKSPAM) party which fizzled out soon with no activities visible on the ground. However, last year in March, Mustafa personally participated in a youth convention at Sher-e-Kashmir Park where he spoke on the engagement of youth.
New Jammu Parties
National Awami United Party, founded in July 2019 by Sandeep Singh Manhas is registered with the Election Commission of India under the unrecognised category. The party is focused on clean governance in Jammu and Kashmir.
National Democratic Party (Indian) launched in November 2018 by Rajesh Gupta has been critical of the traditional parties barring the BJP. In May 2019, when BJP returned to power in the centre, Gupta while congratulating Prime Minister Narinder had said, “It is a golden opportunity for Modi to remove article 370 as he promised in his Party’s manifesto. He can overcome this issue once and for all by removing Article 370.”
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party Secular was founded by Sushant Bakshi on the issues of clean governance and development.
The two important parties which emerged in Jammu post-2014 include the ultra-right wing Ikk Jutt Jammu headed by Ankur Sharma and Dogra Swabhiman Sanghathan (DSS) headed by former Congress and BJP lawmaker Choudhary Lal Singh.
While Ikk Jutt has been championing the cause of a separate state for Jammu while keeping Kashmir valley as union territory without an assembly, DSS has been focussed on safeguarding Dogra identity which it says is under threat following the reading down of Articles 370 and 35-A.
Parties De-Registered
The Election Commission of India de-registered eight parties in Jammu and Kashmir in 2022, which include Jammu & Kashmir Awami League, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist, All J&K Peoples Patriotic Front, Democratic Janta Dal (J&K), J&K Citizens Party and Jammu and Kashmir National United Front, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Front (Secular) and Jammu & Kashmir Save Srinagar Front.
J&K Awami League was founded by Mohammad Yusuf Parray (alias Kuka Parray) in 1995 and had an MLA each in the 1996 and 2002 assemblies. Kuka’s son Imtiyaz Parray joined JKAP last year.
The Democratic Party Nationalist was formed by former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir after he quit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He currently is the senior vice president of JKAP.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Front (Secular) is headed by several-time lawmaker Hakim Yasin. The party since its launch in the early 2000s hasn’t won any other seat. Its deregistration has been termed as a “confusion” by the party which has taken up the matter with ECI.
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his greetings on the eve of Shab-i-Meraj.
In a message, the Lt Governor said: “On the auspicious occasion of Shab-i-Meraj, I convey my greetings to the people. The pious night provides an opportunity to the people to pray and seek forgiveness & blessings from the Almighty God. I pray for the well-being, happiness and prosperity of all.”
SRINAGAR: At least ten cattle were killed in a bear attack on intervening Friday and Saturday night in Babagail Limber of Boniyar in Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Reports said that black bear attacked a cow shed, belonging to two brothers Baya Kassana and Noora Kassana – sons of Mohammed Ali Kassana. A total of ten livestock animals which included, two cows, five goats and three sheep were killed in the attack.
Quoting a group of locals news agency GNS reported that it was not the first time that such an incident took place in the area. “There have been such incidents happening for last several years now, which have resulted in loss of at least forty livestock animals”, they said.
“We humbly urge Wildlife Warden and Deputy Commissioner Baramulla to look into the matter and to ensure that no such incident takes place in the area”, they said adding we also appeal to the authorities to compensate the individual having lost his source of income in the recent incident.
When contacted, a Wildlife Department official said that they have received the report about the incident. “A team has been rushed to spot to assess the loss,” the official further said.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested seven persons for allegedly killing farm fish in Bathnoor Shahoora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Seven arrested for poisoning fish farm in Pulwama
A police spokesman in a statement said that on 13/2/2023 Police post Lassipora received a written complaint from one Manzoor Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Salaam Mir R/O Bathnoor Shahoora stated therein that some unknown persons have mixed some poisonous substance in water due to which thousands of fishes died in his fish farm at Bathnoor area of Litter Pulwama.
“Upon this information Case FIR NO 9/2023 U/S 428 IPC was registered at PS Litter and investigation taken up,” said the spokesman.
He said that during the course of investigation of the case, by utilizing technical and human resources many suspects were called for questioning from where it has came to surface that some persons have used bleaching powder for catching fishes at Canal which acted as a source of water for said fish farm, due to which the farm fishes got killed.
“All the accused persons involved in the act have been arrested,” said police spokesman in a statement.
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that BJP is at forefront of spreading propaganda that she brought them in Jammu & Kashmir.
Addressing a gathering in Srinagar, as per news agency KNO, Mehbooba said that BJP is at the forefront of spreading propaganda that she brought them in Kashmir.
“The BJP, Jan Sangh and RSS are at the forefront of spreading propaganda that I brought them in Kashmir but you (BJP) know that I have kept your hands tied and didn’t allow you to speak,” said Mehbooba.
Peoples Democratic Party allied with BJP for six-year power sharing in Jammu & Kashmir in 2015, but the former withdrew support to Mehbooba Mufti-led government in June 2018, citing the deteriorating security situation in Jammu & Kashmir.
Defending her father’s decision to ally with BJP, the PDP chief said that her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed allied with BJP on his own terms and conditions.
“No power of the world could have stopped the BJP from forming a government in Jammu & Kashmir. Mufti Sahab was a visionary and he decided that he will form a government on the conditions which will ensure protection to the people of Jammu & Kashmir and its identity,” she said.
Mehbooba Mufti said that they brought the entire leadership of India to talk with Hurriyat leaders, but they did not respond and shut the doors to the visiting delegation.
