Shopian, May 29: Army soldiers on Monday afternoon allegedly vandalised 60 houses, including the house of an active militant, and also vehicles and orchards at Sugan village of Shopian district. Villagers told Kashmir Reader that at about 1:15pm, almost a 100 personnel from the army’s 44RR garrison at Chipora came to the village and began […]
Archives for May 29, 2018
Family blames army for killing son in Kakapora shooting
GULZAR BHAT Pulwama, May 29: On Sunday evening, Bilal Ahmad Ganie, a cab driver, broke his fast and left with his brother Mehraj-u-din in his Sumo vehicle for their poultry farm in the Dogam village of Kakapora, Pulwama. While he was there, a kilometer away militants attacked the Kakapora army camp, killing an army man. […]
There is no justice for us, not at all, say the family of Asiya and Neelofar
By Raashid Hassan – May, 29: Where are the commissions for this case, where are their reports? Shopian, May 28: It has been almost a decade since the 2009 rape and murder of Asiya and Neelofar, two young sisters-in-law from a village in Shopian, but justice has been denied the two girls despite huge outrage […]
9 years since Asiya and Neelofar died, Ahangar’s fight for justice unrelenting
‘I will fight for my sister and wife until my last breath’ GULZAR BHAT Shopian, May 29: His hairline has considerably receded, multiple wrinkles appeared on forehead and the crow’s feet tagged to his eyes accentuate under the pale light of a single light bulb in his room as he talks to his 11-year-old son. […]
