Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 26: A notorious criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, police said Wednesday. Shammi Kumar, a resident of village Buddhi, is a habitual criminal involved in various illegal activities since 2018 and was slapped with PSA on the orders of the district magistrate after police prepared a detailed dossier, a police spokesperson said. He said Kumar was named in separate FIRs -- one in 2018, second in 2024, and two more in 2025 -- in different police stations related to his criminal activities, including attempt to murder and drug trafficking. The criminal was lodged in Udhampur district jail, the spokesperson said. |