February 15, 2018 | Kashmir POST

27 Years on, Police yet to translate 1991 Khanyar Massacre FIR into English

February 15, 2018 Editor

Despite passing of 27 years after 28 people were killed in firing by government forces at Khanyar here in Downtown, police is yet to translate the case file into English. Officials said this has delayed accord of sanction by government for prosecution of the accused forces. On 8 May, 1991, forced had opened fire on a procession carrying bodies of civilians killed in Dachigam and Saida Kadal. In the incident, 28 civilians were killed and 52 were injured. In 2013, a petition was filed by chairperson International Forum for Justice…

Guards without Guns; Army hadn’t issued weapons to Deva: Family

February 15, 2018 Editor

Manzoor Ahmad Deva, 32, who was working with the Army as a Lance Naik, and killed like a sitting duck during the attack on Sunjwan Army camp, had not been issued weapons while no Army personnel guarded the family quarters he was staying in. Talking to Kashmir Post, his wife Afrooza Begum said her husband did not have weapons to respond and the family was sleeping when the gunmen opened first fire. “Then they started knocking at our doors and were successful in breaking into our room, and killed my…

Rare Srinagar attack signals ultras ability to strike at will

February 15, 2018 Editor

In the wee hours on Monday when the Kashmir valley was getting blanketed by the first snow, two fidayeen tried to sneak into a paramilitary camp in Srinagar’s commercial neighbourhood, marking the beginning of a rare gunfight deep inside the state’s heavily guarded summer capital. Even as an alert paramilitary sentry repelled their attempt to sneak into the battalion base, the militants barricaded themselves in a nearby five-storeyed building leading to a lengthy gunfight that continued overnight and ended on Tuesday afternoon. The Monday fidayeen assault in Srinagar was the…

Sunjuwan attack may affect region’s Economy, Tourism

February 15, 2018 Editor

The terror attack at the Sunjuwan military base located in Jammu city and a suspected unsuccessful attack at the Army camp in Domana have the potential of putting a cascading effect on the region’s economy and tourism. Traders and stakeholders in the tourism industry believe that such terror attacks in Jammu may lower the number of tourists and pilgrims in the state, particularly in Jammu province, in the coming summer season. Three terrorists had attacked the Sunjuwan military station on Saturday in which seven persons, including six soldiers, lost their…

Srinagar-Jammu highway remains closed for 3rd day, Avalanche warning issued

February 15, 2018 Editor

The Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, even as weatherman predicted cloudy weather and light rain and snowfall at upper reaches during next 24 hours. The 260-km highway was closed on Monday due to snow, landslides and slippery road conditions. “The highway is closed for traffic,” senior superintendent of police traffic (Rural), Ajaz Ahmad Bhat told Kashmir Post late this evening. He said fresh landslides at Panthal, Anokhapal and near Kheri in Udhampur district have blocked the highway again. “Clearance work is…

Faith in all faiths, we don’t communalise: Northern Command Chief

February 15, 2018 Editor

A day after All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the Prime Minister’s silence on the “killing of Muslim Army men” in the Sunjuwan terror attack, the Army today said it didn’t “communalise” its soldiers and those making such utterances had no idea of its functioning. “The Army is ‘sarv dharam sthal’. All religions are welcome and only one’s identity as a soldier matters. We don’t communalise anyone. The people who don’t know the functioning of the Army make these statements. I think they need to visit us…