Eight terrorists absconding for decades held
Jammu, Aug 31: Eight absconding terrorists have been arrested here during a special drive by the State Investigation Agency and the Criminal Investigation Department that have started looking for killers and terrorist associates hiding by blending in the society, a police official said on Thursday. Assisted by CID inputs, State Investigation Agency (SIA) detectives working quietly for months have apprehended the eight terrorists wanted in Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act cases after about three decades, the official said. Those apprehended have been identified as Adil Farooq Faridi of Jammu, a government employee presently posted in Jammu and Kashmir Board Of School Education), Ishfaq Ahmed who was working as a writer in Doda court complex, Mohd Iqbal, Mujahid Hussain, Tariq Hussain, Ishtiaq Ahmed Dev, Ajaz Ahmed and Jameel Ahmed. They will be produced before the TADA/POTA court in Jammu in pursuance of warrants issued against them, the official said. (PTI)
Bypoll: AIMIM candidate booked
Giridih, Aug 31: AIMIM candidate for Dumri by-election has been booked for alleged ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogan raised during the party chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s public rally in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, a senior official said on Thursday. Giridih Deputy Commissioner (DC) Naman Priyesh Lakra told PTI that the FIR was lodged at Dumri police station against AIMIM candidate Abdul Mobin Rizvi, as he was the organiser of the programme, one Muzaffar Hasan Nurani and others. The action came after a video went viral on social media, where it was heard that someone from the audience raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan during the speech of Owaisi on Wednesday “It came to our notice that the slogan of Pakistan Zindabad was raised from the audience during the speech of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi. After observing the video recorded during the speech by the observation team, it was found that the act is a violation of the model code of conduct and an attempt to disturb communal harmony,” according to a statement issued by the Giridih district administration. (PTI)
