Jammu, July 25 (IANS) The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has rejected the interim bail application of dismissed deputy superintendent of police (Dy.SP) Devender Singh, but granted him five‑day parole to attend his father’s post‑death rituals. The court dismissed Singh’s plea for interim bail but allowed custody parole on humanitarian grounds, permitting him to attend the ‘Akhand Paath’ and other post‑cremation rituals at his family residence in Srinagar between J…
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New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) In a crackdown against narco-terror funding, the ED conducted search operations at nine locations in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, recovering incriminating financial documents and freezing bank accounts with deposits adding up to Rs 49 lakh, an official said on Friday.The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jammu Sub Zonal Office, conducted the search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, on Thursday, said the ED official …
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Resistance Front (TRF) appears to be attempting a comeback in Jammu and Kashmir after largely disappearing from the spotlight following the Pahalgam terror attack in April last year.Following the gunning down of a Jammu and Kashmir police head constable in Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday, the TRF, a proxy of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on social media.Intelligence agencies say that while the Anantnag attack is still under inv…
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) A day after the terrorists killed a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, houses of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were demolished in Anantnag district on Thursday.Official sources said the action came a day after terrorists killed a head constable in Anantnag town.Sources said that the authorities on Wednesday night demolished the houses of two LsT terrorists, Aadil Hussain Thokar of Guree, Bijbehara and Haroon Ganai of Hassanpora in South Kashmir’s …
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) South India is witnessing a new trend in online radicalisation, with modules linked to both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State increasingly operating in parallel. Though the two terror groups have traditionally been rivals, they share a common ideological objective of establishing an Islamic State.Recent investigations by agencies such as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) indicate that operatives linked to both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are increasingly working i…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Veteran defence officials on Tuesday welcomed the non-bailable warrant issued by a Jammu court against Hafiz Saeed in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack case, saying that the move can enable the Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice against the UN-designated terrorist.Speaking to IANS, defence expert Captain Anil Gaur (retd.) said: “Finally, the charge sheet filed by the police after the investigation has been taken into cognisance by the court, and a non-bailab…
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Special Investigation Agency (SIA) said on Saturday that it has secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist involved in the April 2013 terror attack in the Hygam area of Sopore sub-division. In a breakthrough in its sustained counter-terrorism efforts, the SIA Kashmir has secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against designated Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo alias Fayaz alias Sajad, markin…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Hizbul Mujahideen, once projected as a home-grown terror outfit in Jammu and Kashmir, has recently begun changing its strategy.The group, which had remained largely inactive after Indian security forces dismantled most of its networks in Jammu and Kashmir, has now launched a fresh recruitment drive.An Intelligence Bureau official said that the recruitment pattern is, however, different and today the Hizbul Mujahideen has more Pakistani fighters as compared to the lo…
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Gunshots were heard on Saturday during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police sources said.Police sources said gunshots were heard during a CASO in the Saidpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday evening.Joint security forces had launched the operation in the area following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there.Sources said that after gunshots were heard in the cordoned-off area, reinforc…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) Two persons were arrested in J&K’s Kishtwar district on Friday for aiding terrorists, while 3 others were detained in Shopian district after the recovery of arms and ammunition, police said.A Forest Department employee and another person have been arrested in Kishtwar for providing support to terrorists, police said.“The arrests were made during the investigation of a case registered at Police Station Kishtwar under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay…