Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir ) [India], July 13 (ANI): IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar along with other police personnel paid tribute to ASI Mushtaq Ahmad who lost his life in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Srinagar.

Srinagar Apr 21 PTI Two BJP leaders including a district president were arrested on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmirs Bandipora on charges of extorting money from a woman for getting her brother released officials said They have been identified as BJPs district president Bandipora Abdul Rehman Tikri and sarpanch Mushtaq Ahmad the officials said The woman had approached the BJP leaders seeking their intervention for the release of her brother who is serving detention they said The duo had allegedly taken Rs 1 lakh for getting the detenue released the officials said BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur while confirming the development said the law will take its own course Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravindra Raina has relieved Tikri of his post as district president and other party responsibilities with immediate effect PTI MIJ AQS

Srinagar Apr 21 PTI Two BJP leaders were arrested on Thursday for allegedly extorting money from a woman in order to get her brother out of jail officials said They identified the arrested men as BJPs Bandipora district president Abdul Rehman Tikri and sarpanch Mushtaq Ahmad The woman in her complaint alleged that she approached the BJP leaders seeking their intervention to get her brother released the officials said without divulging further details BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur confirmed the development and said the law will take its own course Further investigation is underway the officials said PTI MIJ NB 3282022 NB CJ CJ

New Delhi Mar 18 PTI The CBI has booked former JK Bank chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Shaikh and 18 others for a Rs 800 crore loss to the bank caused due loans to REI Agro which were issued in violation of guidelines without tangible security and on fake documents officials said In addition to officials of the bank the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has also booked REI Agro chairman Sanjay Jhunjhunwala and vice president and managing director Sandeep Jhunjhunwala they said on Friday The case was earlier probed by the anti-corruption branch of Jammu and Kashmir and it had found during its preliminary inquiry that loans worth Rs 800 crore were sanctioned to the group on the basis of fake documents between 2011 and 2013 and in violation of guidelines the officials said This caused a loss of Rs 800 to the bank they said The Mumbai-based Mahim branch of the bank had sanctioned Rs 550 crore of loans while the Vasant Vihar branch in Delhi had sanctioned Rs 139 crore in their favour against the supplier bill discounting facility and takeovers The company had approached the banks Mahim and Vasant Vihar branches for sanctioning of advances for making payment to farmers as per terms and conditions laid down in the loan sanction order of the bank The farmers were supposed to provide paddy to the company in turn the company had to sell the produce paddy and the remittance thereof had to be deposited in the bank as instalments against advances received by the company the FIR in the case The bank authorities and the company knew that the loan amount had to be disbursed among farmers for production of paddy But this was brazenly violated by the company in connivance by the bank authorities who allowed disbursement of loan through joint liabilities groups JLGs though the company had already received paddy and was not entitled to disburse the loan under such circumstances As per probe conducted during PE the JLGs were in fact non-existing entities whose credentials and antecedents had never been verified by the bank The objective was to facilitate the company to divert the loan amount for its own benefit the FIR said The bank also violated NABARD guidelines in which members of JLGs which is a group of farmers should be from the same areavillage but this aspect was deliberately and with malafide intentions ignored by the banks officers the FIR alleged The preliminary enquiry findings of the anti-corruption bureau state that It was surprising that there was no tangible security taken by the bank in these cases These loans and advances were sanctioned and disbursed by the officials of the JK Bank branch in Mahim Mumbai and Vasant Vihar New Delhi in connivance with and under patronage of then chairman JK Bank Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh under single conspiracy spread over several years the FIR said The FIR said it was done in a planned and pre-designed manner by misuse and abuse of their authority as public servants of the bank just to serve the interest of the promoters of the company -- Sanjay Jhunjhunwala and Sandeep Jhunjhunwala PTI ABS ANB ANB

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 22 (ANI): As the country achieved the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses so far, the community health officer in the Balakote area of Poonch district says the medical team officials should be credited for going door to door in the hilly border areas to achieve the target.

Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 3 (ANI): The harvesting season of the Paddy crop is in full swing in the districts of the Kashmir valley including Anantnag, Budgam, Pulwama and Ganderbal.