SRINAGAR: A doctor has said that at least 30 policemen forced him into writing the post mortem report of their liking in the custodial killing of a civilian, Abdul Hamid Ganai of Ganderbal, who was killed in a staged gunfight on 11 September 2003. According to te police, Hamid had ties with Hizbul-Mujahideen outfit and […]
Archives for March 7, 2018
60-year-old crushed to death by police Raakshak in Baramulla
SRINAGAR: A 60-year-old old man was crushed to death after a police vehicle (Rakshak) hit him while retrieving from Delina area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district amid stone-pelting on Wednesday evening Official sources said that the elderly man namely Abdul Aziz Ahanger (60) was hit by the police vehicle at around 8:30 pm. He was […]
Kashmir shuts against Shopian killings, shifting of prisoners
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed across Kashmir valley against the Shopian killings and shifting of prisoners from Kashmir to outside jails on the call of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL). The shutdown call had been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a pro-freedom conglomerate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and […]
Bloodstream in Paradise
Written by ZAINAB GAZALA We always heard these lines for Kashmir:- “Agar firdous baroye zameen ast, hami asto, hami asto hami ast If there is paradise on earth, It is here, it is here, it is here.” But the question is, Is this what Paradise is meant to be? Civilians are being killed in cold-blooded […]
Gowhar was killed by troops after dragging him from vehicle: Family
Shopian: The death toll of civilians in Sunday evening’s gunfight at Pohnoo village of Shopian rose to four after villagers found Gowhar Ahmad Lone, 21, son of Abdul Rashid lone, a resident of Mol- Chitragam dead in his private vehicle. Villagers of Chitragam told that he was found dead in his Wagon-R vehicle, a couple […]