Rumour-monger slapped with death charges, gets bail

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have slapped charges amounting to death or life imprisonment against a youth for spreading death rumours of children administered polio vaccine in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the Court of the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Srinagar, granted bail to Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of the Pirbagh locality of Srinagar, on the grounds that the offence committed by him was not punishable with death or life imprisonment. Besides, the court said the police had failed to complete the investigation within the stipulated time of two weeks. The police…

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