Mehbooba also said unemployment and alienation in Jammu and Kashmir have reached alarming levels, citing recent incidents, and alleged that the Omar Abdullah-led government has remained silent on these burning issues.
The body of one of the two soldiers, who had gone missing after a snowstorm on Monday in the dense Gadol forests of Kokernag, where they were engaged in a search operation, was recovered yesterday.
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was among two soldiers of the Indian Army martyred in an encounter with terrorists on Monday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
A day after the ceasefire was announced between India and Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) carried out multiple searches across South Kashmir. The raids were conducted at 20 locations as part of the surveillance on the terror associates and overground workers (OGW) working in Kashmir.
The Indian army and local security forces have re-dominated the vulnerable axes in South Kashmir as part of the robust yet lawful actions aimed at isolating terrorist posts after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
The officials said that Mehbooba Mufti and three former legislators have been served eviction notice by the executive magistrate to vacate the government quarters.
FIR under the UAPA and Arms Act has been registered at Handwara. One pistol with magazine, bullets and 2 grenades have been recovered.
Earlier the encounter started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.
Police said Mir was posted in the IRP 23rd Battalion at CTC Lethpora and was to retire from service in the next couple of months.
The village came into the limelight after Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, mentioned its success story in his monthly radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’
