Auraf Sheikh of Baransal in Gulabgarh area of Mahore tehsil was a government school teacher when his services were terminated over alleged involvement in various blasts.
Northern Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi offered tribute to the deceased and condolences to the bereaved family. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha emphasised the need for restoring Jammu and Kashmir to its pristine glory, not only for the state but for the entire country.
Sinha said the Mann Ki Baat has become the voice of 140 crore people of the country as it echoes their aspirations, dreams, challenges, successes, failures, and new beginnings.
While Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh identified them as “Nissar Ahmed and his family members”, sources said that the other two include Farid and Mushtaq.
“As we wanted to arrest all of them, who are now staying in Pakistan, we decided to involve Interpol,” Poswal said. “Earlier, we obtained non-bailable warrants against 13 of them.
According to the police, the brothers had brought home a rod-like rusted object found abandoned in the forest near Symbol village when they went to collect Morchella, a variety of edible fungi. The object later exploded when they tried to heat it.
On Dec 16, 2023, two civilians were killed in firing outside an Army gate in J&K’s Rajouri. Though local residents held an Army sentry responsible, details that have emerged later point to the likelihood of involvement by outsiders.
According to an estimate, mustard oil worth Rs 800 crore will be produced this year in the Kashmir Valley alone and Jammu and Kashmir will move towards self-sufficiency in the production of the mustard oil, he said.
Mustard oil worth Rs 800 crore will be produced in the Kashmir Valley this year, and the Union Territory will move towards self-sufficiency in the production of mustard oil, Manoj Sinha noted.
Sinha said the Jammu and Kashmir administration will provide best-in-class healthcare and other essential facilities to all the visiting devotees and service providers.
Sources said that the injured man is stable and the hospital needs three-five units of A negative blood for the surgery. The hospital administration has also contacted some NGOs for the purpose.
“The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is as normal as in any other place in the country,’’ he told reporters, adding “we shall be happy that for the last eight months, not a single local youth has joined militant ranks’’.
A senior police officer said the truck driver was taken into custody for questioning but added the accident was “minor” and did not seem an “intentional hit’’.
