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Jammu

Chorus for CBI probe grows louder, Jammu Bar joins right-wing bandwagon

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A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s refusal to hand over the Hiranagar “murder and rape” case of the minor girl to the CBI, various organisations today decided to join hands to corner the state government over its “adamant” approach. The case has deepened the regional divide in the state as all Jammu-centric social, political and religious organisations today came forward in support of the demand for a CBI probe into the case to ensure justice to the victim and her family. In contrast, Kashmir-centric leaders, both mainstream and separatist,…

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Crime Branch detains police officer for destroying evidence in Kathua Rape-n-Murder case

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Hindu Ekta Manch accuses Mehbooba Mufti of changing demography of Jammu The Crime Branch has detained Investigating Officer (IO) of Police who was probing the abduction, rape, and murder of minor nomad girl Asifa in Hiranagar for destroying the evidence in the case. Sources said that sub inspector Anand Dutta was picked up late night from Hiranagar by the investigating team of Crime Branch after his role surfaced in destroying the evidence. Dutta was the investigating officer who initially started investigation into the crime but “came under pressure and helped…

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3 Years On, Ache Din nowhere to be seen: Anna Hazare

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Social activist Anna Hazare was in the city today to mobilise support for his proposed agitation over the Jan Lokpal and farmers at Delhi from March 23. Addressing a rally, Hazare minced no words in attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre for its anti-people policies. “The government is not moving towards strengthening democracy in the country but adopting a dictatorial approach like the British,” he said, adding, “I kept mum for the past three years. I was hoping for ‘achhe din’ (good days). Over three years have passed but…

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Hindu Ekta Manch spits venom against Muslims, asks Hindus to boycott Gujjars

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Raising alleged issue of demographic change in Jammu, Kathua and Samba, Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) leaders again appealed Hindus to boycott Muslims and weaken them financially. The instigating speeches were made during a meeting organized by Hindu Ekta Manch at Katal Brahmana in Hiranagar tehsil on Sunday, when they came to know that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was not ready to hand over the case of rape and murder of a minor to CBI even as “two BJP Cabinet Ministers had assured them”. Frustrated with poor response from the government…

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Jammu City gets drenched in festive colours, Governor, First Lady celebrate Holi

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Holi — the festival of colours — was celebrated with fervour and gaiety across Jammu onThursday. Youth drenched in colours were seen celebrating the festival on streets and markets. Since morning, people were visiting their relatives and friends to extend the festival greetings and exchanging sweets. The city markets were abuzz as people were buying colour and sweets. Youths on motorcycles and in cars were seen singing ‘Holi ayi re’ and ‘Holi hai bhai Holi hai, bura na mano Holi hai’. The impact of the instructions of Inspector General of…

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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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