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| CMO caught on video while raping woman at office | | CBI held Dr Sofi guilty in Shopian case but Omar Govt promoted him as CMO in 2009 | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Mar 20: Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Pulwama, Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, has been finally placed under suspension by Omar Abdullah's NC-led coalition government but not before he was caught on video while committing rape on a 30-year-old unemployed nurse at his office. Even as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had held him guilty, alongwith five other doctors, of fudging and fabricating evidences in alleged rape-cum-murder incident of two young women in Shopian, state government had promoted Dr Sofi from the position of Deputy CMO to CMO in September last year and continued his posting in Pulwama district.
Enquiries made by Early Times revealed that CMO Pulwama, Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, allegedly established contact with a trained but unemployed female nurse of Balpora village and promised her recruitment into government service if she was willing to satiate his sexual desire. On a particular date earlier this month, the woman in her early 30s reached his office to do the needful. However, one or two of Dr Sofi's contacts, managed to ... | |
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| CMO suspended, goes into hiding | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Mar 20: Government has placed Chief Medical Officer Pulwama, Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, under suspension with immediate effect and given his charge as an additional assignment to CMO Shopian Dr Sonaullah.
Director Health Services, Kashmir, today issued Order No: 102G of 2010 dated 20-03-2010 placing under suspension, CMO Pulwama Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, with immediate effect. Without specifying, the order said that Dr Sofi would remain under suspension pending inquiry into the allegations leveled against him. It said that CMO Shopian, Dr Sonaullah, would hold the charge of CMO Pulwama as an additional assignment.
Informed sources said that Dr Sofi has gone into... | |
| | | | Major killed in accidental explosion | | | | JAMMU: In an unusual incident, an army major was killed Saturday in an accidental handgrenade explosion near Kangan in Ganderbal area of Kashmir.
A grenade slipped from the hands of Maj Joginder Shekhawat of 24 Rashtriya Rifles while he and some army jawans were combing forests at Mahlesh Bahak in Kangan area.As the grenade fell on the ground, it went off, resulting in the instant death of the army officer, army spokesperson Lt Col JS Brar said.
"An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and the investigations are on," he added.
A police team later evacuated the body of the Major to hospital.In a similar incident, a CRPF jawan was seriously wounded when an explosive device fell from ... | |
| | | | 13 kg ganja seized from railway station | | | | JAMMU: Thirteen kilograms of contraband 'ganja' was seized by a patrol of government railway police (GRP) from near a platform at the railway station here late Friday night.
Two unknown drug traffickers were approaching the railway platform late Friday night to board a train when they got panicky on seeing a GRP patrol.
Police sources said leaving the bag behind, the duo fled. Though the cops chased them, they could not find any clue to the whereabouts of the escaped men, the sources added. Cops took the bag in their custody. Its search later led them to the recovery of two packets of ganja, weighing 13 kilograms.
Sources said the contraband was to be smuggled outside the state. Police h... | |
| | | | JCC serves 15 days ultimatum | | | | JAMMU: Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)-an amalgam of several government department employees unions-today threatened to revive its suspended agitation if the government fails to concede the employees demands till April 4.
"We have unanimously decided decision after a meeting with the Cabinet Sub-Committee, to give five more days, in addition to ten days of time, which state government has sought to fulfill our demands yesterday. If our demands are not met till April 4, the employees would go on seven days strike from April 5," AQ Wani, senior JCC leader told reporters here.
"A 48-member delegation of JCC met the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted by the State government at Civil Se... | |
| | | | Mystery shrouds Captain's death in Leh | | | | JAMMU: An army Captain was today found lying dead under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom of his unit at Leh. Police sources said Captain Vikram Agnohotri of 14th Core Dental Unit was found lying dead in the bathroom of his unit at Leh by his colleagues.
After the matter was brought to their notice, cops from the Leh police station rushed to the spot. After completing legal formalities, they shifted the body to hospital where post-mortem was conducted on it. The body was later handed over to the army unit. POlice had registered a case under section 174 of CrPC and initiated an inquiry into the incident.
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| | | | Pelt stones on security forces and get money from government | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: The state government has found a noble way to give employment and financial incentives to not only to the militants and those attacking the Indian state and its institutions, including the Army installations, but also to the stone pelting youth in Kashmir, who have caused fatal injuries to innumerable security force personnel during the past several days with a view to strengthening the separatists' cause.
The militants who are being rehabilitated and financially helped by the state government under the highly questionable surrender policy, which also enjoys the support of the Union Government, include both the ones who are working against India... | |
| | | | NC MLA threatens to boycott full LA business | | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: The ruling National Conference (NC) had to face an embarrassing situation when one of its legislators staged a walkout from the Lower House of State Legislature today during the debate on the demands of grants for Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Rural Development Departments (RDD).
It was on second consecutive day today when the member of the ruling party staged walkout from the House. After Nazir Ahmad Gurezi's yesterday walkout, it was the turn of NC MLA from Karnah, Kahfeel-ul-Rehman, who walked out of the House in protest after what, he alleged 'denial of adequate time to raise his issue.'
It all began when the Deputy Speaker Sartaj ... | |
| | | | Sagar to restore supremacy of judiciary! | | Nou sou chuhay khakar bili Hajj ko chali | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: The Law Minister, Ali Muhammad Sager Saturday talked about the government's measures to restore supremacy of judiciary. A crude joke indeed. Judiciary was supreme during Maharaja Hari Singh's autocratic rule. It lost its sheen the moment National Conference took over the reins of the state in 1947.
Maharani Tara Devi went out in her chauffer driven car on a pleasant May morning in1944. The driver was booked for a minor traffic offence and accordingly put on trial. The Maharani wrote a note to the presiding officer of the court requesting him to take a lenient view in the case. The magistrate informed Maharaja Hari Singh who tendered an uncondit... | |
| | | | Rehabilitation of refugees can wait but not that of militants | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, is not the first politician to think of the rehabilitation of those youths who had crossed into Pakistan for arms training and were wishing to return to Kashmir without weapons. His immediate predecessor, Mufti Mohd. Sayeed had been favouring it since 2002 when he had assumed office as Chief Minister. During the last 20 years of turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir the successive state Governments and the centre had been supporting the ideas on relief and rehabilitation of militants, misguided youths and those who surrendered before the security forces.
Not a bad idea provided the Government is confident and sure that those wh... | |
| | | | JKNPP, PDP protest 'unsatisfactory' reply | | | |
ET REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: Dissatisfied with the Minister's reply, the Opposition comprising Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today created ruckus in the Lower House of State Legislature here.
The trouble began when Minister In charge Planning, Dr Manohar Lal was replying to a question of PDP MLA, Peerzada Mansoor Hussain regarding constituency wise details of additionalities released during current year. The PDP MLA alleged that the government has adopted "discriminatory" approach while releasing additionalities for different constituencies.
"The government has released Rs 40 crore for six constituencies in Srinagar district while ... | |
| | | | NC joins PDP to protest inter-district recruitments | | | | ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: A Bill seeking complete ban on inter-district recruitment in the State today brought two arch-rivals together to voice their concern in the Lower House of State Legislature here.
The members of ruling National Conference joined hands with main Opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to protest over inter-district recruitments. The ruling party's members along with Opposition legislators staged a sit-in in front of the Speaker and resorted to massive sloganeering.
Soon after the question hour this morning, the NC legislators comprising Mir Saifullah and Kafil-ul-Rehman raked up the issue of Inter-District Recruitment and asked the gover... | |
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