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Kashmir police officer suspected of recruiting rebels then killing them

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Shiv Kumar Sharma accused of convincing locals to become insurgents then turning them in or killing them to receive rewards A top counterinsurgency officer in Indian-controlled Kashmir has been arrested and is suspected of encouraging men to join rebel groups before turning them in or killing them to receive rewards, police said on Wednesday. Sub-inspector Shiv Kumar Sharma and his bodyguard were arrested on Tuesday for alleged links to a militant cell involved in a grenade attack in April on a police station in the disputed Himalayan region, said police…

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11 Grenade attacks in 4 days shatter calm in Valley

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Grenades are emerging as the new weapons of choice for militants in Kashmir as over the last four days, militants have carried out 11 grenade attacks at different places across Kashmir. These grenade attacks, which have shattered the Ramzan ceasefire calm, have left 39 men, including 17 security men, injured. All these attacks in the past four days have taken place in Srinagar and south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Shopian and Anantnag districts. Director General of Police Shesh Paul Vaid said most of the grenade attacks had been carried by the Jaish-e-Mohammad…

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Mehbooba talks to GoC, IGP on troops ‘High Handedness’ in Shopian

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Tells them to stop such acts as it won’t help restore peace Asks admin to provide compensation to affected people After the Army men allegedly damaged about 60 residential houses in Sugan, Shopian in south Kashmir recently, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has talked to senior Army and Police officers and directed them to stop the “excessive approach, as it will only provoke people instead of obtaining peace”. Reliable sources told Kashmir Post that CM talked to Srinagar-based GoC 15 Corps Lt Gen AK Bhatt and told him that acts of…

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Army enjoys AFSPA, no powers to act against them: DC Shopian Gazanffer Ali

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Chief Minister left us at Army’ mercy: Locals Army’s such acts will create more militants: MLA Wachi After an army vehicle was targeted in IED blast in Sugan village of Shopian, the locals have complained that they are living in “fear psychosis” and alleged that “Army Raj” is prevailing in the area and harassments have become order of the day. “No civilian government visible in the area. It is army that dictates terms. Mehbooba Mufti took votes from us, but never looked back. She handed over us in the hands…

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Home Minister Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Valley in June

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting the Kashmir valley early next month to push forward the peace and dialogue process announced by him on May 26. He is expected to make a major announcement on the extension of Ramzan ceasefire which he had announced on May 16, on the eve of the start of the holy month, with the stated objective of creating an atmosphere of peace in the restive Valley and “to help the peace-loving Muslims observe Ramzan in a peaceful environment”. In a significant development, the Home…

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Kashmir still a sore point amid success of 4 years of Modi govt

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The government’s security challenges began three days before it took office. On May 23, 2014, the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Herat, bordering Iran, was attacked by four gunmen. One attacker jumped into the compound but was neutralised by the Indo Tibetan Border Police personnel. The other three entered nearby buildings and fired on the compound. After a 10-hour gun battle, they too were neutralised. Officials concluded the plan was to occupy the consulate and take staff hostage and make a spectacle coinciding with Modi’s oath-taking. India officially stopped short of…

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Chaos inside Jamia, scores injured in clashes outside, 30 hit by pellets

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At least 50 people, including women worshipers were injured Friday inside and around the historic Jamia Masjid at Nowhatta as hundreds of protestors clashed with police and paramilitary forces that fired the indiscriminate pellet guns and tear smoke shells. The injured also include two senior police officers — SDPO and SHO – and one CRPF constable. The clashes happened soon after Friday congregational prayers, and turned more intense as pellets fired by the government forces landed inside the grand mosque leaving many dripping with blood and staining its floor. Some…

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After Jammu, India, Pak trade fire along Uri sector in Kashmir

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After several civilian killings along the International Border in Jammu region, the armies of India and Pakistan traded fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri region of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Wednesday night. An official said that Pakistan army violated ceasefire around 9:55 pm by resorting to fire from automatic weapons and shelling in Kamalkote area. The shelling continued till 12:30 am, he said. The official said that several army posts were fired at by the Pakistani army. He said that Indian army retaliated to the fire. However,…

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Militants may shift focus to north Kashmir: J&K Police

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Even as south Kashmir has become a hotbed of violent confrontation between security forces and local Kashmiri commanders, police and state intelligence are warning of a sharp rise in militant activity in north Kashmir with infiltrators from across the border attempting to gain a foothold in the region. According to experts, senior Jammu and Kashmir police officers and intelligence officers, several incidents in north Kashmir in the past few of months, coupled with fresh intelligence inputs, seem to suggest that the northern region of the Valley could be a major…

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‘Catch them alive and understand their grievances’: Security forces new mantra in Kashmir

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In a departure from conventional approach, security forces battling militancy in Jammu and Kashmir have shifted focus on “catching them alive” and motivating them to return to their families. “Our effort is to catch them alive and understand their grievances. After all, a 15 or 16-year-old boy can’t be brainwashed to the extent that he would like to be killed in a gunfight. There has to be a counter-narrative,” a senior official engaged in counter-insurgency operations was quoted as saying by PTI. As per officials, the strategy of police and…

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