Magisterial probe ordered

Cops Can’t Hit Shells Directly At Crowd: Deputy Commissioner

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, Oct 3: The deputy commissioner has ordered a magisterial probe in the killing of a 12-year old boy by a tear-smoke shell fired by police on Friday. He said it was a ‘brazen violation’ of existing Standard Operating Procedure for law and order ‘if the youth was killed by the shell.’  More

Protests continue

VARMUL KILLING

GK NEWS NETWORK

Varmul, Oct 3: This north Kashmir town continued to remain on boil for the second consecutive day Saturday as people held massive protests and observed a strike against the killing of a boy in police teargas shelling on Friday. At least 10 persons were wounded in day-long clashes between the police and More

Protest on Monday: Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 3: The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is currently under house arrest, has called for peaceful protests on Monday against the killing of a young boy in police teargas shelling at Varmul in north Kashmir.In a statement, Geelani termed the killing as “a barbaric More

Malik, others held

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 3: Police on Saturday arrested the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, along with his supporters on Srinagar-Varmul highway.“Police intercepted the JKLF delegation near Mirgund. They arrested Malik, the vice-chairman, Bashir Ahmed Bhat, and others More

‘They killed my friend on Gandhi’s birthday’

We Don’t Expect Justice From Govt: Residents

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, Oct 3: “They killed my friend on Gandhi’s birthday. He wasn’t carrying a gun to kill anybody? How can they kill people like this?” asks a boy outside the house of 13-year old Irfan Ahmad Lone, killed on Friday in police shelling. And, before he could tell his name, the kid broke down in wails More

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