Govt evicts 25 ex-MPs, MLAs, others from ‘illegally’ occupied quarters

The State government has evicted 25 former legislators and parliamentarians from the official quarters “illegally” occupied by them, while the eviction notices have been sent to 32 other political persons mostly former MLAs and ministers. The official documents accessed by the Kashmir Post reveal that the “eviction was not restrictive in nature but was initiated against all those occupants who have ceased to be entitled to retain the same”. The J&K Estates department has started the eviction process of vacating official quarters “illegally” occupied by the former ministers, legislators, Members…

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Call records show State Minister, Ex-MP, MLAs, Police Officers in touch with Resistance Camp: NIA

Social Welfare Minister Sajjad Gani Lone and other mainstream political leaders, including senior Congress leader and former MP Tariq Hameed Karra, were in touch with separatist leaders before they were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in July in the Kashmir terror funding probe. As per call detail records (CDRs) of the separatist leaders, businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali, one of the prime accused, was in touch with some PDP leaders as well as MLA Langate Er Rashid. Besides Watali, others who are in judicial custody include Altaf Ahmed Shah,…

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