News Topic:J&K Police

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that the militants who were trapped in Yamrach area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district managed to flee after an initial exchange of fire with security forces, taking advantage of the darkness.

The killing of youth has devastated the Budgam family which still doesn’t believe that their loved one is no more.

Awantipora Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a module of the militant associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad, saying that the module was involved in providing shelter, logistics to JeM militants and transporting arms and ammunition of the militants in Khrew area.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dr Haseeb Mughal on Sunday clarified that to ensure lockdown restrictions in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, police party on the request of locals reached Shamswari Khankah-e-Mo’alla where some miscreants stoned police party and forced them to fire in self-defence.

Locals from a Budgam village here in central Kashmir Saturday accused combined Forces of vandalizing property and making arrests of what they call innocent people.

A top cop sustained injuries after a group of youth pelted stones on the vehicle he was travelling in central Kashmir’s Budgam village.

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Zone), Vijay Kumar Thursday, while terming the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen chief commander Riyaz Naikoo as a “big jolt” for militancy in Kashmir, said Naikoo’s killing will help contain militancy in the Valley to a large extent.

A shopkeeper has reportedly been apprehended along with a rifle in Satura Tral that falls under the jurisdiction of police station Tral in south Kashmir.