SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on the terror ecosystem in Kashmir, carrying out raids at around 500 locations linked to terrorist associates, and persons affiliated with banned organisations, including Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), in the valley, officials said. The raids were based on credible intelligence inputs indicating attempts by JeI-linked elements to revive their […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday attached a residential property belonging to former Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom in connection with a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The house of Qayoom, who is in jail on charges of murder of advocate Babar Qadri, located at Bul Bul Bagh Barzulla here was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a Facebook page in Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police in a statement said Shopian Police took cognizance of a viral video circulated through a Facebook page titled “Voice of Humanity”, in which a speech was delivered […]
SRINAGAR — A preacher from Haryana who allegedly helped store explosives in his rented home near Faridabad’s Al Falah university was detained and brought to Srinagar early Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir police officials said. Maulvi Ishtiyaq belongs to Mewat and would conduct religious sermons in the Al Falah campus, the centrepoint of an interstate ‘white […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man impersonating a police officer of the Special Operations Group (SOG) Srinagar was arrested in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday for allegedly extorting money from the public. Acting swiftly on credible information, police arrested the accused, identified as Altaf Ahmad Dar, son of Assadullah Dar, resident of Marval Kakpora, who […]
SRINAGAR — The family of the man suspected to be involved in the Delhi blast near Red Fort metro station said cannot believe that he could be involved in terror activities. Dr Umar Nabi was allegedly driving the Hyundai i20 car that was used in the blast near the parking area of the Red Fort […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday detained the father of the man suspected to be driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort for questioning, officials said. Ghulam Nabi Bhat was picked up by the police from his residence at Koil in Pulwama, hours after his wife was […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday took the mother of the man who was suspected to be driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort was called for a DNA test in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. “We have taken the mother of the suspect to collect DNA samples in order […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Dr Muzammil Ganaie, who was arrested after 360 kilogram of explosives was recovered from his rented room in Faridabad on Tuesday claimed that there was no indication of the medico’s involvement in terror activities. “It is being alleged that he is big terrorist. We have no knowledge of it. For […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has arrested a businessman here in connection with an over Rs 4 crore cheating case, officials said on Tuesday. The EOW has arrested Mudasir Ahmad Wani, a resident of Badamwari, Hawal locality of the city here in connection with the case registered under […]