Category: Jammu

Jammu

BJP ministers reach out to Kathua villagers, slam govt

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Handover case to CBI or face extended strike: HEM Question ‘Jungle Raj’ by Crime Branch; to meet CM for CBI probe into rape case Differences emerged within the ruling PDP-BJP coalition over the alleged rape and murder case of a minor nomad girl in Kathua today when two senior BJP ministers came down heavily on their own government for “creating jungle raj” in the victim’s Rasana village and not going in for a CBI investigation into the case. The ministers also questioned the role of the state police as well…

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Vested interests trying to communalize Kathua incident: Police

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The police today said that some vested interests “are trying to communalize the situation” to put pressure on the agency investigating the rape and murder of a teenage girl in Kathua. “And, unfortunately some media organizations have also started playing into the hands of such troublemaking elements,” it said. Reacting to a news report published in a Jammu-based daily today, a spokesman of the zonal police headquarters Jammu in a statement said that as has been “misleadingly reported by the said newspaper, no migration has occurred in Hiranagar area and…

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Unfit minibuses go off road in city, courtesy IGP Rath

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Several Matadors and minibuses have gone off road in the past over a week, courtesy strict measures by new Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Basant Rath. Hundreds of vehicles are either standing idle at their owners’ places or are undergoing servicing at various workshops in the city while many stand seized at the police department yard. To control traffic chaos in the city, Rath has been challaning and seizing vehicles on the spot in case drivers fail to produce valid driving documents. A cross-section of drivers and conductors confess that…

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‘Harassed’ by cops, residents flee Kathua village

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The alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua today turned murkier when fear-stricken villagers belonging to the Hindu community from Rasana village migrated for “safety”, alleging “torture and harassment” of their children by the Crime Branch of the J&K Police which is conducting the investigation into the case. Local villagers, including women and young children, said they were living under “constant fear” due to “random detention of young children” in the name of questioning and refused to return to their native village. Hundreds of people of adjoining…

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Crime Branch won’t be cowed down by protests supporting culprits

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Police won’t spare anybody involved in crime: DGP Evidence against accused collected: IG Crime While there is an immense outrage over rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua, any protest favouring the perpetrators of the heinous crime is not going to deter the investigation by Crime Branch (CB) of police, a top officer said. A top officer of Crime Branch said any protest in defence of those, who have been held for committing the crime, is not going to change anything related to the case. On possibility of…

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PDP, BJP engage in war of words over Rohingya settlement

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The war of words over the settlement of Rohingya in Jammu has intensified between the BJP and the PDP as the saffron party today hit back at its coalition partner for ‘supporting’ the illegal settlement of foreigners in sensitive locations on the outskirts of Jammu city. While the face-off between the coalition partners has already started on the issue, the Panthers Party today shifted the blame on the Congress and the BJP for settling Rohingya in Jammu for politics. The campaign against the settlement of Rohingya gained momentum after the…

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Hindu Ekta Manch slams Mehbooba Mufti for ‘Influencing’ Asifa probe

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The Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) Thursday rejected the investigation of Crime Branch into the rape and murder case of minor girl Asifa and demanded that Central Bureau of Investigation should hold a probe in the case. The demand was raised here during a press conference addressed by the Manch president Vijay Sharma. “We don’t trust the investigation of Crime Branch of J&K Police. We have apprehensions. The Government should handover the investigation of Asifa’s case to CBI,” said Sharma. Sharma said that “they have lost faith in Crime Branch while…

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Don’t ‘Communalise’ Rohingya stay in Jammu: PDP

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In a development that could lead to face-off between the ruling People’s Democratic Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party, the PDP on Tuesday cautioned against “communalising” stay of Rohingya Muslims in Jammu saying the refugees from Myanmar were “protected under international laws” to which government of India is a signatory. “A tirade has been launched against Rohingyas by locals in Jammu. They are being made subject of every day discussions. There is international law governing Rohingyas’ protection in the entire country. They too have human rights and are protected under…

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Respite for 44 villages as typo error fixed after 13 years

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Over one lakh residents of 44 backward villages of Udhampur district have been at the receiving end as the successive state governments took 13 years to rectify minor typing errors, which denied them reservation and other benefits. The typing errors were finally rectified on February 9. Highly placed sources said the typing errors were rectified when Ramnagar MLA RS Pathania raised the issue in the Assembly in the first week of February and the minister concerned assured the House that the typing mistake would be rectified in a day or…

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Mehbooba Mufti promises fair trial in minor’s rape case, Section 144 imposed in Hiranagar

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Hindu Ekta Manch seeks CBI probe, fails to get audience with Mehbooba Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today did not meet a delegation of the Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) from Hiranagar which had come to her with a request for a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old tribal girl in Rasana village of Kathua district. The CM, however, made it clear that “the probe would be transparent and fair” to ensure that the culprits got exemplary punishment for the heinous crime. In view of the simmering…

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