SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday arrested a local leader on charges of sexually assaulting a minor girl in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said Riyaz Ahmad Shaikh, a resident of Nowshera in Boniyar Tehsil, was arrested following a 17-year-old girl’s complaint of sexual assault. A case has been registered against Shaikh, who was […]
JAMMU — A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for five days was found dead in a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case. Ikra Firdous, a resident of Adhai village in the Mandi area of Poonch, had gone missing on May […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a minor girl within 24 hours of her reported kidnapping in Pulwama district and arrested the accused involved in the case. According to a police statement, a written complaint regarding the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl was received at Police Station Pulwama. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday disclosed the identity and particulars of the accused arrested in connection with the murder of a minor girl in Galwanpora area of Budgam district after completion of initial legal and forensic formalities. According to a police statement, the disclosure was made in continuation of investigation into FIR No. 139/2026 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the residence of the 12-year-old girl who was found murdered in Budgam and offered condolences to her family. The girl was found murdered in the Galwanpora area of Budgam district on Sunday, a day after she was reported missing. During his visit, Abdullah […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric of Kashmir on Tuesday claimed that authorities have placed him under house arrest after denying him permission to visit the family of the 12-year-old girl who was murdered and raped in Budgam district. The Mirwaiz said he was placed under house arrest early this morning after being […]
JAMMU — An eight-year-old girl allegedly kidnapped while on her way to school in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district was rescued safely within just two hours in a swift police operation on Monday, officials said. Three people, including a woman have been taken into custody, they said. The incident came to light after a resident […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Monday claimed to have solved the murder case of a 12-year-old girl in Budgam district within 36 hours of the incident by arresting the accused involved in the crime. According to a police statement, information was received at Police Station Budgam on May 23 at around 10 pm regarding the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday condemned the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Budgam district, describing it as “shocking and deeply distressing”. Expressing grief over the tragedy, Abdullah condemned the heinous act and conveyed his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family. “May she find a place […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was shocking, disconcerting and unsettling. “Devastated to hear about the cold blooded murder of a 12-year-girl in Budgam. The allegations of rape just make it all the more shocking, disconcerting & unsettling. […]