Recently, a questionnaire was sent to journalists seeking personal information such as their religious and political affiliations. Observers believe these probes are meant to tighten the curbs on press freedom.
(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) Representational Photo Jammu: A 25-year-old Bihar resident was arrested for his alleged links with militants in Jammu and Kashmir and was brought here on transit remand for questioning on Saturday, police said.
Javaid Alam Ansari s name surfaced during questioning of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) chief Hidayatullah Malik and was arrested from his house at Deobahuara village in Chapra on Monday night, a police official said.
Malik, a resident of Shopian, was arrested from the Kunjwani area of Jammu on February 6. He had formed LeM, an offshoot of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit, in August last year.
Ansari was arrested from his house on Monday night by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Patna after it came to light that he had links with Malik and had supplied pistols to him, the official said.
JAMMU: A 25-year-old Bihar resident was arrested for his alleged links with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and was brought here on transit remand for questioning on Saturday, police said.
Javaid Alam Ansari s name surfaced during questioning of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) chief Hidayatullah Malik and he was arrested from his house at Deobahuara village in Chapra on Monday night, a police official said.
Malik, a resident of Shopian, was arrested from the Kunjwani area of Jammu on February 6. He had formed LeM, an offshoot of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit, in August last year.
Ansari was arrested from his house on Monday night by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Patna after it came to light that he had links with Malik and had supplied pistols to him, the official said.
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Union Minister of State Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the number of terrorist violence cases and stone-pelting incidences in Jammu and Kashmir dropped significantly in 2020 in contrast to the 2019. The Minister of State, while speaking in the upper house of the Parliament, further added that 127 people were wounded in Pakistan s ceasefire violations in 2019, while the number dropped to 71 in 2020.
Reddy added, A total of 157 terrorists were neutralized in 2019 and 221 were eliminated in 2020. There were 594 cases of terrorist violence in 2019, which reduced to 244 in 2020. There were 327 stone pelting incidents in 2020 as compared to 2,009 such incidents in 2019. 127 people were injured in ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2019, in 2020 only 71 people were injured.