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| Satwari police solved blind murder case | | | | Jammu | May 9
Police today claimed to have solved blind murder case of an ex-police follower (peon) after the teenaged son of the victim fell to the sustained interrogation by the investigating team, confessing that he killed his father for money.
The victim, a retired police official and resident of Satwari Muhammad Hanif was found murdered in his room on May 3.
The body of the victim was found wrapped in a quilt (Razaie) and police had picked up his three sons for questioning.
Police sources said that the seventeen year old son of the deceased, Mohammad Amin was picked along his two brothers for questioning.
During the interrogation, Amin confessed that he killed his father by suffocating him under the pressure of the quilt after he refused to release the money laying in the bank in the form of Fixed Deposit (FD).
Giving details Superintendent of Police Jammu South, Zahid Manhas told that the victim Muhammad Hanif survived by three sons.
"The government had sanctioned an amount of Rs 2.30 lakh as a compensation amount after deceased wife, a lady constable, expired in ... | |
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| CPI threatens to boycott All party meet | | | | Jammu, May 09
Communist Party of India in a letter to Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has threatened to stay away from all party meeting scheduled for May 12 for sending direct invitations to its members instead of routing it through the party's Polite Bureau.
Referring to the invitation send to CPI for participating in the upcoming all party meeting convened by CM to discuss issues pertaining to delimitation and demilitarization, its secretary and member national council Kanwal Baig in his letter has said that such practice tantamount to interference in the party affairs.
"Party has its own state Polit Bureau, to decide about the persons to be sent for representing the party ... | |
| | | | NGOs, medical experts concern over rise in AIDS orphans | | Apprehend creation of new class of untouchable in social set up | | |
Jammu May 9
An increase in the number of AIDS-related deaths is pressurizing the NGOs and peers groups to worry about the future of the many orphan as it is creating a new class of untouchables in social set up.
Despite an increase in AIDS awareness campaigns in the country there are concerns about a generation of parentless children growing up in state and across India. This was brought to light during an event organized to observe World AIDS Orphan Day on May 7 by FXB India Sureksha J&K Chapter.
The speakers on this occasion pointed out that the plight of children, who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS in state and across the nation is going virtually unnoticed, and that chil... | |
| | | | Secret inquiry confirms religious conversions in Jammu | | Investigation ordered by highest quarters | | |
Jammu May, 9
Finally the cat is out of the bag on the issue of religious conversions in the state of Jammu and Kashmir as it has forced the concerned agencies to read between the lines of the issue.
Highly placed sources within agencies revealed on authorized anonymity that a secret inquiry has been initiated over this issue and reportedly indicated about a large number of cases in which people in Jammu have changed religion for pecuniary benefits.
It needs to mention that ‘The Early Times’ in its issue on April 10, 2007 under the heading ‘religious conversion going unabated in Jammu hinterland’ and has cautioned about religious conversions within state with pouring of mentors m... | |
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