The Kashmir Pulse

BUDGAM — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said it arrested a man for allegedly sexually harassing a girl in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

In a statement issued to the news agency KNO, a spokesperson said that in response to a distressing incident reported, involving an act of sexual harassment against a young girl, the police today arrested the accused.

The statement reads that the victim approached Soibug Police Post yesterday to file a written complaint detailing the events that unfolded.

“According to the victim's statement, on 25th May, she left for her coaching classes in Budgam. She accepted a lift from an unknown vehicle near Soibugh along her journey. Unfortunately, during the course of the trip, the driver subjected her to sexual harassment. She managed to escape, albeit leaving behind her mobile phone and school bag inside the vehicle,” it reads.

It added that taking immediate cognizance of the matter, Budgam Police immediately began investigating the incident thoroughly.

“Through diligent efforts and resourceful investigative work, the accused individual involved in this deplorable act has been identified as Saqib Ahmad Dar of Narkara Budgam. He was promptly apprehended and the vehicle involved in the incident was also seized.”

It further reads that Budgam Police are committed to ensuring the safety and security of all individuals, particularly women and children.

“This incident serves as a reminder of the importance of reporting such crimes promptly, allowing law enforcement agencies to take swift action and bring the perpetrators to justice,” it added.

BUDGAM — A police cop died after he was hit by a truck in Soibugh area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday morning.

An official told the news agency KDC that the cop of armed police identified as Ishfaq Majeed of Paimus Budgam was hit by an LP truck bearing registration number JK015A-7018 in Banpora Soibugh and injured critically when he was riding a motorcycle bearing registration number JK04F-6839.

He said that the cop was taken to JVC Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started an investigation in this connection.

SRINAGAR — Ahead of the G-20 summit in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency while continuing the crackdown on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations in Kashmir in a case registered by the national probing agency.

Official sources told the Srinagar-based news agency KDC that sleuths of NIA with the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF carried out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir.

In the village of Hanjoora Budgam, NIA raided the house of Bilal Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Hassan Mir. At Wagam, the house of Khazir Mohammad Najar, son of Gulam Mohammad Najar is being searched by the agency.

One residential house at Namtehal Budgam belonging to Mohammad Ashraf Wani, son of late Ghulam Qadir Wani is being searched by the sleuths of NIA.

Similarly, NIA conducted searches in the house of Mohammad Yousuf Malik, son of Abdul Gaffar Malik, a resident of Deharmuna Soibugh and in the house of Mohmad Shafi Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Jawallapora in the district.

Another team of the NIA searched the residential house of Ghulam Mustafa Ganie son of Late Ghulam Hassan Ganie, a resident of Fallchill village of the district.

The sleuths of the agency also conducted a raid at Dharmuna in the house of Mohammad Yousf Malik, son of Abdul Gaffar Malik and in Jawalapora Budgam, the search is being conducted in the house of Mohammad Shafi Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar, a resident of Jawalapora Budgam.

Many other locations in Kashmir are being searched by the national probing agency of which sources said details were being collected.

“During the searches on Thursday, various incriminating documents and electronic devices were seized from the premises of the suspects,” official sources said, adding that further investigation of the case is going on.

BUDGAM — District Legal Services Authority here in central Kashmir’s Budgam district has directed the police to lodge cases against the persons who have uploaded and circulated the pictures and videos of the female victim, murdered by a carpenter in Mohandpora Soibugh area of Budgam.

In a communique to the police, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Budgam has said that it has been observed that the media and general public have been circulating the videos of the recent victim of Soibugh Budgam, who was murdered brutally.

“Moreover, the pictures of the victim and the videos of her autopsy have also been uploaded and circulated by a number of persons, thereby violating the right to privacy of the victim and her family. Such actions of these persons and agencies are against the law wherein the identity of the victim is revealed and even her private videos have been uploaded and circulated including the video of the autopsy of the deceased victim, which is punishable under law,” it said.

District Legal Services Authority has asked the media and the general public to stop revealing the identity of the victim and also circulating her pictures immediately, failing which the violators shall be booked under the law.

“SSP Budgam is directed to lodge FIR against the persons who have uploaded and circulated the pictures and videos of the victim. Further, Special Mobile Magistrate Budgam is requested to direct the concerned social media agencies to remove the pictures and videos of the victim from all social media platforms and also block the accounts of such violators,” it added.

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing and chopping a girl, missing from the last four days, in Soibugh area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

An official told the news agency KDC that Budgam Police have arrested a person identified as Shabir Ahmad Wani (45) son of Abdul Aziz Wani, a resident of Mohanpora Ompora for killing a 30-year-old unmarried woman of Soibug at his home in Mohanpora (Ompora), chopped off her head, sliced the body into pieces and dumped the same at different spots in Budgam.

He said that the man, who is married and a carpenter by profession, during the questioning revealed that he has murdered the girl and cut her body into pieces and disposed off at different locations including Railway bridge Ompora and Sebden, where from her head and other parts of the body were recovered.

It is in place to mention that Budgam Police recovered all pieces of the body last night.

A police officer, while confirming the incident, said that the accused person was arrested and all the body parts were recovered from different locations including her head from his home and further investigation into the case is going on.