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Separatists denounce
Kousar Nag Yatra
Say pilgrimage politically motivated to divide people
Srinagar, Aug 1: Various separatist leaders and organizations,
while denouncing the government
decision to declare Kousar Nag as
Yatra destination, have condemned
the use of ‘indiscriminate’ force
by police and paramilitary forces
against people of Kulgam and Shopian, peacefully protesting against
the government decision.
Condemning the decision, JKLF
chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik,
currently lodged in Police Station
Kothi Bagh here, said the government of India was destabilizing the
already fragile ecology of Jammu
Kashmir through religious aggression.
“The new controversy created
about Kousar Nag is a conspiracy
to divide people of Jammu Kashmir
in the name of so-called religious
journeys and Yatras,” a Front
spokesman in a statement quoted
Yasin Malik as having said today.
“These new Yatras are not only
politically motivated but will have
a disastrous effect on already deteriorating ecology of Kashmir also,”
said Malik.
Yasin Malik said these ‘religious
aggressions’ need strong resistance
and JKLF has decided to support
all the programs of “Kousar Nag
Bachaw Campaign” started by the
people of the area.
Expressing concern over desig-

nating Kousar Nag as a new Yatra
destination, the Hurriyat Conference (M) today said the government
by doing so has acted in haste to
please Hindu extremist elements to
gain their sympathies.
“The amalgam has always been
strong advocate of communal harmony and pleading for the return
of Kashmiri Pandits. There are
some powerful non-state communal elements who want to spoil the
centuries old communal harmony
of Kashmir. All this is being done
in a systematic way to undermine
the Muslim majority character of
Jammu and Kashmir which can
jeopardize the communal harmony
of the region besides changing the
distinct culture and identity of
Kashmir,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat said in a statement today.
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Bar Association (HCBA) while
condemning the decision said,
“It is going to destroy the ecology
and environment of the area and
deprive the people of water for
drinking and other purposes.”
“The Bar Association strongly
believes that ever since Narendra
Modi has become the Prime Minister of India, the Hindu fanatics
have joined their hands and started
imposing themselves physically,
culturally and otherwise on the
people of Kashmir so that they are

Training for Hajj pilgrims
of Budgam, Shopian
Srinagar, Aug 1: The Orientation Training Programme for the intending Haj pilgrims of Budgam district will be conducted on August 7
for Budgam and Khansahib Tehsils at Jamia Masjid Budgam and on
August 8 for Tehsil Chadoora and Chrar-i-Sharief at Jamia Masjid
Aman Chadoora near Sheikh-ul-Alam High School Chadoora and
on August 9 for Tehsil Beerwah and Khag at Jamia Masjid Beerwah.
The Programme will start at 10.30 a.m.
Meanwhile, according to Deputy Commissioner Shopian, the Haj
pilgrims of Kapren, Herman and Zainapora shall be imparted the
training at Jamia Masjid Shopian on August 9 while the Haj pilgrims
of Shopian and Keegam shall get training at Jamia Masjid Shopian
on August 10 at 10.30 a.m. respectively.

Body retrieved from Sindh
Srinagar, Aug 1: Police retrieved body of an accident victim from
Nallah Sindh after 18 days in Ganderbal. Earlier four bodies were
fished out from the Nallah.
On July 14, a vehicle skidded off the road and fell into Sindh in
Sonamarg area on Srinagar-Leh road. Police had recovered four
bodies till date, while search for the fifth one was going on.
However, police today fished out body Gulzar Ahmad Ganie son
of Abdul Khaliq of Preng Kangan.

forced to give up their legitimate
demand of right of self-determination and live a life of subjugation,”
said a Bar spokesman in a statement.
The Hurriyat Conference Jammu
Kashmir (HCJK) senior leader and
National Front chairman Nayeem
Ahmad Khan has asked the state
government to explain as to how
it permitted the ‘so called’ Kousar
Nag and Machil Hindu Yatras.
“How the state government
allowed the so called Kousar Nag
and Machil Hindu Yatras knowing
that these are against the fragile
environment and a threat to the
identity of the majority people of
Kashmir,” Nayeem Khan said in a
statement today.
Khan has appealed to the Hindu
scholars to follow the footprints
of Swami Agnivesh and come out
openly against the so-called Yatras
like Kousar Nag and Machil, which
are only aimed at strengthening
New Delhi’s ‘forcible control’ on
Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the Hurriyat (M)
senior leaders including Zaffar
Akbar Bhat, Javid Ahmad Mir
and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza have
also strongly condemned the government decision, accusing New
Delhi of systematically destroying
the ecology and environment of
Kashmir.

BSF officer
killed

Jammu, Aug 1: A
Border Security Force
officer was killed in
Jammu district on Friday
when his service rifle
went off accidentally.
Another trooper was
injured in the incident,
police said.
A police official said
that BSF Inspector Saitram and constable Ramji
Thakur were injured
when the officer’s pistol
went off accidentally
inside the camp of 94 Bn
headquarters in RS Pura.
Both the injured were
shifted to hospital where
the inspector succumbed
to his injuries.
Constable Ramji
Thakur is undergoing
treatment in hospital.

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Tral residents demand
removal of CRPF bunker
SHOWKAT DAR

Tral (Pulwama), Aug 1:
Demanding removal of CRPF
bunker from bus stand here,
the traders and locals have
complained that they were
suffering losses in crores of
rupees due its presence and
warned to go for a strike if the
demand was not fulfilled.
“During any incident
in the valley, this bunker
becomes target of stone pelting that trigger clashes and
later strikes incurring losses
to the traders and others,”
Down Town Tral Trade Union
president Aijaz Kar said.

“As the bunker is in the
heart of town, it becomes
favourite place for stone pelting, prompting clashes that
create trouble for shopkeepers, transporters and pedestrian,” he added.
A delegation from Tral
town said that the bunker of
CRPF has become a place of
fear for hundreds of passengers as any untoward incident can happen there.
“The bunker was established more than a decade ago
and since then we have been
suffering. Whenever there is
any strike or clash, the CRPF
men beat up people especially

Kin of deceased woman
block Sgr-Leh highway
SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, Aug 1: The relatives and neighbours of
a deceased lady blocked Srinagar-Leh highway at
Preng here on Friday afternoon, demanding arrest
of husband of the deceased who, they alleged, had
forced her to take poison.
The protestors alleged that Rukhsana Bano wife
of Parvez Ahmad of Chatergul Kangan was forced to
take poison by her husband.
“Her husband always used to torture Rukhsana,
forcing her to take extreme step,” the protesters said.
“How was her husband released when investigation process has not been completed,” they asked.
Rukhsa died in SKIMS after consuming poison at
her house last week.
Police said they had already registered a case
under FIR No. 65/2014 under section 309 RPC and
taken up the investigation.

Qaimoh killing probe date
extended
Kulgam, Aug 1: Additional District Magistrate Kulgam, inquiry
officer in the killing of teenager Sohail Ahmad Lone in CRPF firing
at Qaimoh on July 19, has extended date for recording statement as
witness/submission of written information till August 9.
According to a notification, the general public was informed to
approach his office within 10 days to adduce evidence, if any and
record statement about the incident. The inquiry officer said that
neither anybody appeared in his office nor any response/written
statement have been submitted or received from the general public
till date, prompting him to extend the date. GKNN

3 officers transferred
Ali new Director Social welfare

Srinagar, Aug 1: Government on Friday effected several transfers
in the administration.
Jahangir Mir, Director Social Welfare Kashmir, has been transferred
and posted as Director, Rashtriya Uchachatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).
Peerzada Hafizullah Shah, Special Secretary to the Government,
ARI & Trainings Department, has been transferred and posted as
Secretary, State Information Commission.
Gazanffer Ali, Secretary, State Information Commission, has been
transferred and posted as Director Social Welfare Kashmir.

near the bunker,” a local said.
“Tral town suffers loss of
about Rs 25 lakhs a day whenever there are any clashes
here,” he added.
The traders have appealed
the Chief Minister, Governor,
police chief and all other concerned officers to take steps
to lift the CRPF bunker from
town so that the residents
could feel a sigh of relief.
“The civil society members, traders associations,
transporters as well as the
residents have decided to go
for a long strike if the bunker
is not removed from town by
August 5,” Kar said.

Girl raped in Pattan

1 arrested, another absconding
Pattan, Aug 1: Police Friday arrested a youth for allegedly raping a girl here in North Kashmir while the hunt
was launched to nab the other accused who reportedly abetted the main accused to kidnap the girl.
Police sources said after public outcry police
Friday arrested Showkat Reshi son of Akbar Reshi of
Nilla Palapora Pattan, who, with the help of his friend
Bilal Reshi, allegedly raped a girl of the same locality
in an orchard.
Sources added that the girl (name withheld) was
coaxed and taken to a nearby orchard by Showkat
Reshi where he allegedly raped her. The girl after narrating the incident to her family, approached police
station Pattan along with her father where police registered a formal FIR vide No. 180/2014 under section
376, 509, 109 of RPC.
Police sources said medical report confirmed
the rape and acting upon the report, police arrested the accused while another accused Bilal Reshi
is still at large. CNS

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2 die, 9 hurt in
road accidents
Srinagar, Aug 1: Two persons
died while nine others were
injured in different road accidents across the valley today.
A Tata Sumo (JK02M/5517)
hit and injured a pedestrian
Zeeba wife of Ghulam Hassan
Bhat of Bilal Colony at KP Road
Mattan. She was shifted to District Hospital Anantnag where
she succumbed to her injuries.
Meanwhile, a Van
(JK03B/3632) hit and injured
Muhammad Ishaq Khanday
son of Abdul Majeed of Wandivalgam Kokernag in Islamabad district. The injured succumbed to his injuries while
on way to hospital.
In another accident, a
Maruti 800 (JK04B/3596) and
a Santro car (JK05/8812) collided at village Bugroo in Khan
Sahib area of Budgam. Both
the drivers, Javid Ahmed Shah
son of Yaseen Shah of Ompora
Colony, Budgam and Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat son of Late
Ghulam Rasool of Krumshoora,
Khan Sahib received injuries.
In another accident, a
Tata Sumo (JK09/5879) hit
and injured two persons,
Ghulam Rasool Bhat son of
Ghulam Muhammad and
Mehbooba Begum wife of
Ghulam Rasool, residents
of Umerabad at Umerabad,
Parimpora here. Both were
shifted to hospital.
Meanwhile, five persons
travelling in an Alto car
(KMR-3-Temp-Y-01M) were
injured when their vehicle
turned turtle at Parray Nar
Hatmulla Kupwara.
Police registered cases
regarding all accidents.