Jammu Aug 30 PTI Five alleged drug peddlers were arrested with narcotic substances from separate places in Jammu and Kashmirs Udhampur and Jammu districts on Monday police saidMakhan Lal and Abhishek Gupta were arrested after 140 grams of opium was recovered from their vehicle during checking at Tikri in Udhampur a police spokesperson saidAnother narcotic smuggler Altaf Hussain was arrested with 31 grams of heroin from Udhampurs Billan Bowli village he saidAll three accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act he addedTwo more suspected drug peddlers Mohammad Zahid and Darshan Lal were arrested after 400 grams of charas was recovered from them during the checking of vehicles at Gharota in Jammu the spokesperson said PTI TAS AB DIV DIV

Jammu Aug 30 PTI The Border Security Force BSF Monday seized 10 kg heroin worth crores of rupees near the International Border in Akhnoor sector here a senior official saidThe Inspector General of BSF Jammu frontier N S Jamwal said the forces conduct operations based on regular tip-offs and the seizure was result of such efforts Troops were on vigil round the clock and this seizure is the result of their efforts he saidThe consignment was found hidden in Sarkanda bushes near the zero line by a search party Deputy Inspector General of BSF S P S Sandhu saidSandhu who is also Public Relations Officer for the BSF Jammu frontier said the recovery was made around 1 pm when a BSF party found a suspicious black colour rucksack bag hidden in the wild grassThebag was opened and 10 packets each weighing one kilogram of heroin was found inside the officer said terming the recovery a major success and the result of the relentless efforts of robust border dominationHe said the BSF Director General has lauded the efforts of the troops PTI TAS AB TIR TIR

Jammu Aug 30 PTI A policeman and his mother were arrested over alleged murder of his wife a teacher in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir officials said MondayWith the two arrests the police claimed to have solved the murder case of 36-year-old Shahnaz Akhter at Keri Gulatta village last week they saidAkhters body with visible injury marks was found 100 meters from her house on August 24 and a special investigation team was constituted to probe her deathThe blind murder case was solved within a week with the arrest of the husband and the mother-in-law of the deceased Sub-Divisional Police Officer SDPO Mendhar Z A Jaffri told reportersHe said an 11-member police team zeroed in on the accused persons who allegedly carried out the murder in a well-planned manner and also tampered with the evidence to escape arrestOfficials identified the arrested husband as constable Irfan Manhas who is posted with Indian Reserve Police Battalion in Srinagar They said the couple married with three daughters and a son were having some family disputeThey said the accused had reached his house around midnight on August 24 and allegedly strangled his wife to death with the active support of his motherHe had left the house for his place of posting after dumping the body to evade suspicion the officials said PTI TAS AB TIR TIR

Jammu Aug 29 PTI The Jammu chapter of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association got a new body with advocate M K Bhardwaj elected as president on Sunday following an election that took place after a delay of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemicMohinder Pal Singh Palli was elected as the vice president Surjeet Singh Andotra as general secretary Aditya Sharma as joint secretary and Amandeep Singh as treasurerAnnouncing the results after nearly 10-hour-long counting at the High Court Complex here on Sunday night returning officer Surinder Singh said a total of 15 candidates were in the fray including four each for the posts of president and vice presidentThe election was held at the High Court complex on Saturday and the counting of votes began around 1 PM on SundayOf the 1591 members 1413 took part in the elections to elect the new body Surinder Singh saidI along with my team will work for the welfare of the lawyers and the people of the Jammu region Bhardwaj told reporters after his election PTI TAS NSD NSD

Jammu Aug 30 PTI Two people died after their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir officials saidThe accident took place at Draba village in the Surankote area when the driver of the vehicle lost control over it at a turn they saidRescuers were immediately rushed to the spot of the accident and they retrieved two critically injured persons who succumbed while being taken to a hospital the officials saidThe identity of the deceased is being ascertained they said PTI TAS AB ANB ANB

Jammu Aug 25 PTI A Border Security Force BSF constable died on Wednesday after being hit by a rock that rolled down from a hill top on the Moghal road in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district officials saidNisar Hussein a resident of Dhanore Jarallan in Rajouri district was on leave and had gone to the high-altitude pasture land during his vacation they saidHe was hit by the rock at Dhoke in the Peer ki Gali area The constable was taken to a government sub-district hospital in Surankote where doctors declared him as brought dead the officials saidHis brother also suffered minor injuries in the incident they said PTI AB ANB ANB

Jammu Aug 25 PTI A newborn girl was found abandoned in Jammu and Kashmirs Udhampur district and she was rescued by police and hospitalised sources said on WednesdayInformation about the baby was received on Monday and women constables rescued her She is being looked after by police women and nurses they saidIn a video which has gone viral on social media a woman constable says that she does not know what amount of courage the childs mother had to abandon herShe feels like my own child the constable saidPolice have registered a case and begun investigation and the incident has been caught on a CCTV camera PTI AB ANB ANB

Jammu Aug 25 PTI A policeman died due to electrocution in Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri district on Wednesday officials saidHead constable Mohd Arif Khan of Barhoon village who was posted at Thanamandi Police Station had gone out with his family members when the incident occurred they saidA case was registered under relevant sections police said PTI AB RHL

Jammu Aug 24 PTI A man facing various cases including those of murder and rape was arrested here after a six-year-long hunt on Tuesday police saidMohd Mushtaq alias Gongi a resident of Maralian Miran Sahib was arrested by a team of the Khour police station from the outskirts of Jammu an official saidMushtaq is a notorious criminal and nine FIRs are registered against him at different police stations in Jammu Samba Kathua and Udhampur districts he saidThe official said a murder case was registered against him at the Kud police station in 2015 but he evaded arrestLater Mushtaq became active in criminal activities and has cases such as attempt to murder theft and vehicle lifting registered against him besides being involved in a rape case the official saidHis involvement was also established in bovine smuggling from Punjab and adjoining areas he saidSix cases including that of rape stands registered against him at police stations Samba and Vijaypur in the past two years the official saidThe official said further investigation is going on to ascertain his involvement in various other cases PTI TAS AB ANB ANB

Jammu Aug 24 PTI Disciplinary action will be initiated against 159 officers and employees found absent from duty during a surprise inspection of government departments across Jammu district on Tuesday an official spokesperson saidThe inspection was carried out by five district-level teams on the directions of District Magistrate Jammu Anshul Garg the official saidHe said the teams visited the offices of the Power Development Department Public Health Engineering Public Works Department Rural Development Department Social Forestry Handicrafts and Handlooms Urban Environmental Engineering Department Sheep and Husbandry Regional Transport Office and the Divisional Forest Office Territorial to check the presence of staffOffices of the chief education officer chief medical officer district medical officer and the labour commissioner were also inspected the spokesman saidHe said a similar mega surprise inspection drive was launched at the subdivision level where all sub-divisional magistrates paid surprise visits in their respective jurisdictionsThe district magistrate said the surprise inspection was conducted to maintain punctuality and discipline in officesDisciplinary action will be initiated against the officers or employees who were found absent from duty he saidGarg emphasized upon the officers of all the departments to maintain punctuality as any kind of laxity with regard to discipline would not be tolerated in the future PTI TAS AB IJT