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CRPF went on a ‘rampage’ in Kulgam, allege locals

October 31, 2015 Editor

‘Damaged vehicles and residential houses’ DC orders probe Scores of people Friday staged a protest outside District Development Commissioner’s office in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district accusing Indian troopers of CRPF from 18 Battalion of damaging more than 50 private vehicles and residential houses in the dead of the night. The protesters who parked the damaged vehicles outside DC office alleged that scores of CRPF personnel from nearby 18 Battalion camp went on rampage on Thursday night and damaged the vehicles parked on roads as well as inside the residential houses.…

Three south Kashmir districts lay claim over Abu Qasim’s body

October 30, 2015 Editor

People from three districts of south Kashmir are laying claim over the body of Abu Qasim who died in a gunfight with government forces last night. Thousands of people who participated in the funeral prayers of Qasim at Bugam village in Kulgam district have so far failed to evolve at a consensus over the custody of Lashkar militant’s body, said a witness. He said delegations of people from Kakapora in Pulwama, Khudwani in Kulgam and other areas want the body to be buried in their villages. The basis of the…

Kulgam family claims Qasim was their son

October 30, 2015 Editor

A family in Kulgam district today claimed that slain Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Abu Qasim was their son and not a Pakistani. Khutan Begum, a resident of Khandipora village in Kulgam, claimed that the slain was her son, Muhammad Yaqoob Hajam. “He had left home some 15 years ago and we knew nothing of his whereabouts,” said Khutan, who had come to Bugam village to claim the body. Khutan said her son had a small extra growth behind his ear, which was visible on the slain as well. Superintendent of Police, Shopian,…

Kulgam shuts against the killing of Abu Qasim, Thousands participated in funeral

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Editor

As the news about the killing of LeT commander Abu Qasim reached Kulgam town of south Kashmir scores of youth took to streets and started anti-India sloganeering. Reports said that protests were going on in Kulgam amid complete shutdown. The most wanted LeT commander, Abu Qasim according to police was killed in an encounter at Khandaypora, village of Kulgma district last night. According to the Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone S.J.M.Gillani cordon and search operation was launched at village Khandaypora, Kulgam in south Kashmir which turned into an encounter…

Protests hit Kashmir after India says it killed top rebel

October 29, 2015 Editor

A top rebel leader in Kashmir was killed in a gunbattle with Indian forces Thursday, triggering street protests in the disputed Himalayan region, police said. Abu Qasim was a Pakistani national and operations chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which India blames for several attacks across the country, including the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, said police Director-General K. Rajendra Kumar. There was no independent confirmation or comments from militants fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir. But as the news spread, hundreds of people tried to march to…

Building new house distant dream for this Kulgam villager

October 6, 2015 Editor

Muhammad Yousuf Dar’s house was washed away during the devastating floods in September last year. This was not the end to his misery as an accident left him bedridden and penniless soon after the floods. With little done by the state and Central governments to rehabilitate persons like 50-year-old Dar, he is finding it hard to feed his family, leave alone building a new house for them. Dar lives in the Gund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The roaring waters of Vaishwa nullah wreaked havoc in Gund and adjoining…

Rifle snatched after cop attacked with chilli powder

September 11, 2015 Editor

Unidentified gunmen Friday decamped with service rifle of a policeman posted outside District Court Complex in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. Reports said that attackers sprayed chilli powder into the cop’s eyes before snatching his INSAS rifle. A manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers, a police official said.

Police highhandedness in Kulgam, Pulama denounced

August 27, 2015 Editor

Hurriyet leaders have condemned the highhandedness and reign of terror unleashed by Indian police against people of Khadwani, Kulgam and Pulwama areas of south Kashmir. The leaders including Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Zafar Akbar Butt, Maulana Abdullah Tari, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo and others in their separate statements asserted that the resistance leadership could not maintain silence over the atrocities being inflicted upon the people. They condemned the highhandedness of police in Khudwani and Pulwama and said that police were unnecessarily harassing and arresting youth. Police have waged an undeclared war…