News Topic:J&K Police

Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have traced the link between the Santro car with close to 40 to 45 kgs of IED aimed for a militant attack and its owner, who it said is an active Hizbul Mujahideen militant.

Security forces on Wednesday thwarted last year’s Pulwama-type fidayeen attack by recovering a 45-kilogram explosive laden car left behind by a possible suicide bomber at Ayegund area of Rajpora in southern district of Pulwama.

Handwara Police on Thursday apprehended two suspicious persons soon after they tried to escape from seeing the Naka party in Panditpora Kralgund area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Srinagar police distributed red roses among the doctors at LD hospital as a mark of love and respect for doctors, a message that police holds doctors, who are COVID warriors, in a high esteem.

A senior journalist and the owner of a Daily has accused police of ‘harassment’ and ‘humiliation’ in Srinagar area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Khanyar.

In the backdrop of incidents involving alleging beating and detaining of a cardiologist and stopping of a medical officer in the last 24 hours, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar has ordered police officers to “facilitate the COVID warriors, especially doctors and paramedics, smoothly” in the Valley.

Police have arrested a youth in connection with the killing of two BSF personnel here in Kashmir capital Srinagar.

Chief Medical Officer Bandipora, Dr Tajamul Hussain lost his cool when he was stopped by police near Nusoo village while on way to visit quarantine centres in the district.