Srinagar: In a major strike, terrorists on Friday killed four policemen in Sopore area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. Terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on a police team near Haigam, 65 kms from Srinagar, on Sopore-Kupwara road on Friday evening, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Abdul Gani Mir told PTI. "Four cops - a head constable, constable and two
Special Police Officers (SPOs) - were martyred in the attack," Mir said.
The four policemen were on their way to Haigam to probe a complaint of robbery when they were ambushed by terrorists in a lane of the village. The slain policemen have been identified as head constable Abdul Rehman, constable Mudasir Ahmad and SPOs Gulshan and Mudasir Ahmad Parray.
Mir said security forces have cordoned off the area to track down the terrorists involved in the attack. The phone call made to report the robbery was also being traced as police suspect this could have been a hoax to lead the police party into a trap....
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07:09 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was apprehended in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening by a joint team of the Indian Army and the police. According to the police, Fahdullah is the chief operating officer of LeT in north Kashmir and belongs to Multan. The security forces also recovered two AK rifles, five AK magazines, two pistols, five grenades and 150 live ammunition from the terrorist. Officials said...
07:51 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Sopore: One civilian is dead and one policeman was critically injured on Sunday in a terrorist shootout in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district. The incident happened when two police vehicles were passing through Iqbal Market area. The terrorists opened fire at the police officials after they got down from their vehicle on seeing some traffic congestion. One policeman and one civilian received bullet injuries in the shootout. The civilian later...
03:07 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Sopore (Jammu and Kashmir): One policeman and one civilian were critically injured on Sunday in a terrorist shootout in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district. The incident happened when two police vehicles were passing through Iqbal Market area. The terrorists opened fire at the police officials after they got down from their vehicle on seeing some traffic congestion. One policeman and one civilian received bullet injuries. The attack comes three days...
01:30 PM, Mar 24, 2013
There are rising concerns that militancy seems to be staging a comeback after Afzal Guru's execution in Kashmir. Is this a deliberate strategy to divert attention from security forces who's focus is more on law and order? ...
10:57 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Curfew was imposed on Tuesday night in 10 police station areas of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure with the authorities apprehending law and order problem following the killing of a youth in firing allegedly by security forces in Baramulla district. ...
11:51 PM, Mar 05, 2013
There were no newspapers, internet or cable television in the Kashmir Valley as curfew continued uninterrupted for the fourth day on February 12 to prevent violence in the wake of Afzal Guru being executed in New Delhi's Tihar Jail. As tension continued in the Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he would help arrange a visit for Afzal Guru's family to offer prayers at his grave in the jail premises....
11:30 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Union Minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said that he was pained by the fact that 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family wasn't given a chance to meet him for one last time before he was hanged on Saturday morning in Delhi's Tihar Jail. However, Farooq said that there was no question of leaving the UPA government over this issue. ...
04:28 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The chief postmaster of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday said that the speed post, containing the letter from Tihar jail on Afzal Guru's execution meant for his family, had been received on Saturday afternoon but was not delivered because of curfew. ...
03:32 PM, Feb 11, 2013
A man injured allegedly during security forces action against persons staging protest against hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru died on Monday. Ubaid Mushtaq, who was injured allegedly in firing by security forces at Watergam village in Baramulla district, succumbed to injuries at 3:00 am, Medical Superintendent of SKIMS Hospital Aijaz Mustafa said. ...
10:53 AM, Feb 11, 2013
The indefinite curfew continued in Kashmir for the third day on Monday. The curfew was put in place following fears of unrest after the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Saturday. Extra forces have been deployed in the Valley on the 29th death anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Maqbool Bhatt. ...
10:21 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Afzal Guru's belongings like books, clothes, spectacles and a radio are likely to be returned to his family by authorities of Tihar Jail where the Parliament attack convict was hanged in an operation shrouded in secrecy. ...
09:39 PM, Feb 10, 2013
A day after the Parliament attack convict was hanged inside Tihar Jail in the national capital, more questions are being raised on whether the family of Afzal Guru was deliberately kept in the dark about the government's decision. While the government has claimed to have sent the information about the execution to Guru's family in advance, his family and relatives have maintained that they got to know about the hanging...
07:59 PM, Feb 10, 2013
More than 24 hours after Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged inside Tihar jail, the prison officials have reportedly said that they are yet to receive the acknowledgment receipt of the speed post, through which the government claimed to have sent information to Afzal's family about his execution. This has a raised questions on the credibility of the government's claims that the family had been informed ahead of the...
01:24 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family said they were not told in advance about his hanging Saturday morning and want his body. Yaseen Guru, a cousin of Afzal Guru, told IANS on phone: "It is all rubbish that we were told before the execution... We came to know about it through the media." ...
01:07 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Stressing that he wanted a quick end to his ordeal, Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had in 2008 doubted if the UPA government could ever reach a decision on his case. In what was perhaps his last interview, the death row convict had told IANS that life had become hell and he did not wish to be "part of the living dead". ...
12:47 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Afzal Guru has been buried inside the Tihar jail complex, a prison official told PTI on Saturday. "He (Guru) was buried near jail number three," he added. This was similar to the case of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was buried in Pune's Yerwada jail soon after his execution. ...
11:48 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Reports of sporadic protests have come in from Sopore and Baramulla of Kashmir Valley against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged this morning, walked to the gallows in a peaceful and composed frame of mind. "He was very peaceful and calm during the final moments. He looked very composed," a top Tihar Jail official told PTI. ...
10:31 AM, Feb 09, 2013
The family of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been informed about his hanging by the Tihar authorities through Speed Post and the J&K government was taken into confidence before his execution, the Centre said on Saturday. ...
10:26 AM, Feb 09, 2013
