SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a Patwari after allegedly catching him red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant in Budgam district. The accused public servant has been identified as Bashir Ahmad Dar, Patwari Halqa Gund Ali Nayak, Waterrehal, Tehsil Khansahab, District Budgam. According to the ACB, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking and the financial networks of narcotics offenders, attaching and freezing immovable properties worth over ₹6.22 crore in six separate NDPS cases in Srinagar. The action was carried out by Police Stations Nigeen and Zakura, along with earlier attachment and freezing proceedings by […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹5,000 bribe at Police Post Talwara in Reasi district, officials said. The accused, identified as Talib Hussain, was serving as the investigating officer in a case and allegedly demanded the bribe from a […]
JAMMU — Nitish Chib was having breakfast with his friend at his PG facility in Delhi’s Satya Niketan on what he believed was just another laid-back Sunday. The next moment, however, the floor beneath him sank; walls and ceiling came crashing down, and he was trapped under the rubble, struggling to draw a breath. Chib, […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged inter-state drug suppliers and recovered 80 grams of heroin-like substance as part of an investigation into a case registered at Billawar Police Station, officials said on Thursday. The arrests were made during the investigation of FIR No. 89/2026 registered under Sections 8/21/22/29 of the […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered around 14 grams of heroin-like narcotics in two separate incidents in Lakhanpur and Ghatti areas, officials said on Thursday. In the first incident, a police team from Lakhanpur Police Station, during patrolling near the National Highway, apprehended Hardeep Singh, a […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the National Investigation Agency whether Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who is in jail in a terror funding case, could be released on bail with stringent conditions. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan asked the NIA counsel to […]
JAMMU — The Jammu unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau has re-arrested a drug peddler who had escaped from its custody three days ago, an official said on Thursday. The accused was arrested in Punjab’s Jalandhar in a coordinated operation by the agency, J-K Police and Punjab Police, an NCB spokesperson said. Aqib Bashir, a […]
JAMMU — A Class 7 student was allegedly raped by a cab driver and his friend in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday. Both accused were arrested and booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including those pertaining to gangrape, kidnapping and wrongful confinement, as well as under the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday trapped and arrested a Treasury Office clerk in Kalakote, Rajouri, for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹20,000 bribe from a retired government employee, officials said. The accused was identified as Khadam Hussain, posted as a clerk at the Treasury Office, Kalakote. According to the […]