Latest J&K Police News & Updates

Jammu, March 10 (IANS) Alert troops foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and launching a hunt to track down the second.Officials said that the terrorist was killed in an anti-Infiltration operation in the Jhangar area of the Nowshera sector of the LoC in Rajouri.”Acting on credible intelligence inputs by Intelligence Agencies, movement of two terrorists was detected in the general area of Jhangar, Nowshera along t…

Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions on Tuesday for the second consecutive day across the Kashmir Valley to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the developments in Iran.Police said these restrictions are purely preventive in nature to ensure that anti-national elements and miscreants are prevented from exploiting the public sentiment.All public and vehicular movement is being disallowed in Srinagar city as heavy deployments of police and the CRPF on road intersections…

Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) The movement of a drone was observed along the line of control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch sector on Friday, leading to the security forces opening fire, officials said.Officials said that the movement of a drone was observed over Gulpur village in the Poonch sector of the LoC.”The movement of the drone was noticed during routine surveillance by the security forces. Fire was opened at the drone. The object was seen moving towards Siriyan village, entering the Pakistani side …

Srinagar, Feb 26 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch said on Thursday that it has registered a formal case against two individuals for their alleged involvement in large-scale fraud in medicine procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic. A spokesperson of the J&K Crime Branch Kashmir said on Thursday, “The Economic Offences Wing, Kashmir of the J&K Crime Branch has registered a formal case against two individuals for their alleged involvement in a large-scale fraud related to procu…

Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered a case of disproportionate assets against police inspector Vijay Singh Choudhary, the brother of Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary. A statement by ACB said, “Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday has registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against Vijay Singh Choudhary, Inspector, Jammu and Kashmir Police, following a verification conducted on the basis of a speci…

Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday raided the house of police inspector Vijay Choudhary, the brother of Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, in a disproportionate assets case in Jammu city.Official sources said the raid started early this morning at the Santokh Vihar residence of Vijay Choudhary in the Talo Kalo Chak area of Jammu city. Vijay Chaudhary is an Inspector of the J&K Police.He was transferred to the Ladakh union territory in September 20…

Jammu, Feb 23 (IANS) The Army said on Monday that the operation to eliminate the major group of terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district was launched in April/May last year.The press statement issued by the Army said, “A major terror group operating in the area was being relentlessly pursued by the security forces. Operations were launched in April/May last year and were sustained despite rains and snow during winters. Successful contact with the group resulted in the el…

Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) Three terrorists, including a top commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit, were killed in a joint operation by the security forces in J&K’s Kishtwar district on Sunday, officials said.”THIRD TERRORIST KILLED | UPDATE In continued operations under #OpTrashi-I in Kishtwar, troops of CIF (D) #WhiteKnightCorps, in coordination with @JmuKmrPolice and #CRPF, have neutralised the third terrorist”, the Army’s Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps said on X.”Th…

Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) V.K. Birdi, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, on Wednesday chaired a joint security review meeting at the Police Control Room (PCR) in Srinagar.Officials said that IGP Kashmir V.K. Birdi, IPS, presided over a high-level joint security review meeting at the Police Control Room, Kashmir, in view of forthcoming important events.The meeting was attended by senior officers of the J&K Police, intelligence agencies, the Army, Railways and Central Armed Police …

Jammu, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed on Saturday that the enthusiasm among the tourists across India has not diminished despite the volatile situation arising in Kashmir out of last year’s Pahalgam attack. “The enthusiasm of tourists from across the country to visit Jammu and Kashmir has not diminished. There is a need for aggressive marketing of Jammu and Kashmir’s tourist destinations in other states to explore the tourism potential available here,” Shah said.The H…