JAMMU — Authorities on Monday demolished the house of an alleged drug peddler and seized the property of another alleged narcotics trafficker in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district as part of an intensified crackdown on the drug trade. Officials said both actions, carried out in separate cases, were done in accordance with the relevant legal […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said they detained an alleged Over Ground Worker (OGW) after the Facial Recognition System (FRS) generated an alert at the Nunwan X-Ray Point during the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. According to a police statement, the individual was identified as Faisal Muzaffar, son of Muzaffar Ahmad, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said they attached immovable properties worth over ₹1.23 crore belonging to an absconding alleged drug peddler in Sopore area of Baramulla district under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. According to a police statement, the action was taken under the ongoing […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday arrested a fraudster who is wanted in 11 cases of cheating and forgery. “The EOW Kashmir, of the Crime Branch, J&K, has successfully executed a long-pending arrest warrant against Abdul Majeed Mir,” a spokesperson of the EOW said. He said the arrest […]
JAMMU — A court here has remanded three publishers to 10-day police custody in connection with the alleged publication and circulation of books allegedly glorifying separatist leaders, officials said on Monday. The Counter Intelligence Unit in Jammu arrested the three publishers on Sunday as part of its ongoing probe into the controversy over certain books […]
SRINAGAR — The lieutenant governor’s administration Monday imposed restrictions in several parts of Srinagar to prevent people from assembling at the martyrs’ graveyard in Naqshband Sahib area of the city. While the area within a one-kilometre radius of the graveyard was sealed off on Sunday, barricades were set up in the old city and some […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has been placed under house arrest ahead of Martyrs’ Day observance here, her daughter Iltija Mufti claimed on Sunday. “We have been placed under house arrest on the eve of Martyrs’ Day for reasons best known to JK Police,” Iltija posted on X. July 13 is commemorated […]
JAMMU — The counter intelligence unit in Jammu has arrested three publishers in connection with the ongoing investigation into a controversy surrounding certain books in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. This decision follows coordinated operations in both Jammu and Delhi. The arrests are part of a broader investigation into the publication and distribution […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday attached a double-storey residential house worth over Rs 1.2 crore belonging to an accused in case under the NDPS Act in Srinagar, officials said. The house, built on eight marlas of land and having an estimated market value of over Rs 1.20 crore, belongs to Zamin Makhdoomi, a resident of […]
JAMMU — An alleged drug peddler was detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in Udhampur district, while four more were arrested after they were caught with narcotic substances at different places in Samba, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Sanjay Kumar alias “Sanju”, a resident of Phalata village, was detained […]