Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has finally been given a clean chit in the death case of National Conference party worker Haji Yousuf.
The chief minister was exonerated in a magisterial inquiry, which said that the party worker died of heart attack.
Omar, however, refused to comment on the issue. He said, "The Justice Bedi Commission has not concluded its inquiry. So I will not be commenting till then."
Apart from Omar, the inquiry has also given clean chit to close aides of the chief minister....
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09:21 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Srinagar: The counsel for the family of deceased National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yusuf on Wednesday visited Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence in Srinagar. Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, counsel for the family of Yusuf, who died in police custody last year, visited the camp office inside Omar's residence. Dar's visit to the Chief Minister's house came after Justice (Retd) H S Bedi, probing the circumstances leading to the death of Yusuf,...
07:13 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Srinagar: Former Supreme Court Judge HS Bedi, who was appointed as head of the one-man enquiry commission to probe National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yusuf Shah's death, is likely to begin his work from Wednesday. Justice Bedi arrived Srinagar on Monday and the state government is expected to provide office for the commission by Tuesday, official sources said. Jammu and Kashmir government had on November 19 appointed the former Chief...
06:38 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Jammu: PDP on Tuesday accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of using the AFSPA issue to divert people's attention from the mysterious death of a National Conference leader. "AFSPA issue is being used to divert attention of people from the custodial death of the NC worker," PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti told reporters in Jammu on Tuesday. She said Omar should have taken the decision to revoke AFSPA with...
08:06 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: A Jammu and Kashmir court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the death of of the National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yousuf. The plea was filed by the son of slain NC worker Yousuf. The family of the deceased claims Yousuf died after he was beaten up at J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence. The court said that it cannot direct a CBI inquiry...
12:16 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea for CBI probe into mysterious death of National Conference (NC) activist Mohd Yousuf Haji. The PIL filed by Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh seeks a CBI probe into Yousuf's death. The apex court has asked the Omar Abdullah-led government to file its response within two weeks on why shouldnt there be...
12:57 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is hearing a PIL petition on death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf in Jammu and Kashmir's police custody. The PIL seeks a CBI probe into Yousuf's death. Haji Yousuf was the same National Conference worker who died in police custody after he was allegedly handed over by the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The deceased's family has been claiming that Haji Yousuf...
09:03 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Srinagar: Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court rejects state government's request for services of a sitting HC judge to probe death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf. The state government had asked the Chief Justice to spare the services of a sitting judge to probe the circumstances leading to the death of the NC worker allegedly in police custody. The death of Yousuf had sparked a...
07:19 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Srinagar: A Jammu and Kashmir has reserved its verdict on a petition seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Saeed Yousuf on September 29. Several questions have been raised on the role of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the death of the party worker. The National Conference worker had allegedly died after a meeting with Abdullah. Yousuf's son...
03:02 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Srinagar: Embattled Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will make a bid to clear his name in the mysterious death of National Conference Party worker Haji Yusuf. His government is set to make public the details of the forensic report that was prepared by the Government Medical College in Srinagar. Sources say the report rules out poisoning or injuries to be the cause of the death, but a heart...
07:42 AM, Oct 10, 2011
Srinagar: A breather for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the mysterious death of his party colleague Haji Yousuf in police custody. The centre's forensic report has ruled out poisoning which seems to refute witness Salam Reshi's statement that Yousuf vomited after a tense meeting with Abdullah. The report also ruled out internal and external injuries. Sources to CNN-IBN say that no traces or specks were found inside...
07:41 AM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: Forensic report on Saturday ruled out poisoning in the National Conference (NC) worker's death case in Jammu and Kashmir. Panel of doctors in a preliminary report had earlier cited that he dies due to cardio-respiratory failure. Syed Mohammad Yousuf, a NC worker from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, died on September 29 allegedly in police custody after two fellow party workers had accused him of taking Rs 1.18 crore...
04:17 PM, Oct 08, 2011
Srinagar: In a sharp counter-attack against opposition PDP, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday dubbed the party as "utterly irresponsible" and told it bluntly that he was not "going to be caged in" by their "vicious" campaign for his ouster. "They have always been uncomfortable with me. They have never loved the idea of my being the Chief Minister," Omar said in answer to questions on PDP's...
03:03 PM, Oct 08, 2011
Srinagar: The mysterious death of National Conference worker Haji Yusuf continues to cause trouble for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Opposition is now accusing his father Union Minister Farooq Abdullah of selling ministries and Assembly tickets. A key witness in the NC worker's death case Salem Reshi had said, "When Omar told him to give back money to Mohammad Yusuf, he insisted he will speak to Farooq...
07:00 AM, Oct 08, 2011
Srinagar: The mystery death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yousef continues to cause trouble for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. After Yousef's son told CNN-IBN that his father had been beaten up by police at the Chief Minister's residence, the Inspector General (IG) of police has denied the charge. Much now depends on the version of the third witness, who is under police protection. Talib Hussain, Haji...
08:20 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Srinagar: "I will not succumb to my critics and enemies and I am damn well going to do my job," a combative J and K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah declared on Friday. Even as the controversy surrounding the death of his party, National Conference (NC), worker showed no signs of abating, Omar ruled out his resignation as demanded by the opposition PDP. "I will do the job I have to...
07:39 PM, Oct 07, 2011
The PDP says there is immense pressure on the witness to give a statement in favour of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. ...
12:28 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday defended his son, Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of the state, in connection with the custodial death of a National Conference worker. Reiterating that Omar had nothing to do with the death of the party worker, Farooq termed the whole controversy as a political stunt. Pointing that Omar had demanded a juridical enquiry into the death, he said, "People...
02:24 PM, Oct 06, 2011
New Delhi: Facing a political storm over the custodial death of a political worker, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday ruled out his resignation or giving up the Home portfolio. Omar also said he has done no wrong and that he would like a judicial inquiry to unravel the truth in weeks. "I have full faith that the truth will come out. I see no reason why...
09:45 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: Facing a political storm over the custodial death of a political worker, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday ruled out his resignation or giving up the Home portfolio. Omar also said he has done no wrong and that he would like a judicial inquiry to unravel the truth in weeks. "I have full faith that the truth will come out. I see no reason why...
09:45 PM, Oct 05, 2011
