The Kashmir Pulse

SRINAGAR — Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Kashmir Police carried out searches in the house of an active Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) commander in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.

A statement issued by SIU stated that it conducted searches in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of active militant Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Nali, at Chek Desen Yaripora.

Farooq Bhat is an active militant of the proscribed militant outfit HM and is wanted in many militant-related cases.

The spokesman further stated that the searches were conducted after Designated Special Judge under NIA Act, Kulgam issued a search warrant in case FIR No. 142/2019 of Police Station Yaripora in Kulgam.

The case pertains to the killing of five non-local labourers at Katrosa Kulgam in the year 2019. The SIU said that it is investigating the case and has been conducting searches and investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice.

KULGAM — On Thursday, a 12-year-old girl allegedly hanged herself in Yaripora area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir.

According to reports reaching here, the Yaripora girl (name withheld) hung herself today and passed away as a result.

However, the girl was brought to a local hospital in Yaripora, where medical staff ruled her dead. She was then sent to District Hospital Kulgam to complete the appropriate medical and legal procedures.

An official from Kulgam Police stated that it was currently unclear why the girl took this extreme action. He added, "Police have launched an investigation and registered a formal case in this respect."

KULGAM — A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said.

An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee, was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on Tuesday morning.

A police team rushed to the area and took the body in its possession. “Postmortem is bring conducted to know the cause of his death and further investigations are underway,” the official said.