Jammu & Kashmir

Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh led senior officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police, family members, relatives and friends in paying floral tribute to the slain SgCt Rohit Chib and attended his funeral at Jogi Gate cremation ground here on Thursday.

Senior officers ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh, SSP PCR Jammu Dr Haseeb Mughal, SSP Jammu Chandan Kohli, SSP Mubassir Latifi, SSP Kulbir Singh, other Police and civil administration officers and large number of people paid their tributes to Rohit Chib, who was killed yesterday in an encounter at Pariwan area of District Kulgam while evacuating the civilians from the encounter site to safer places.

Rohit Chib had joined the J&K Police as constable in the year 2011 and was promoted to the next rank for his dedication and devotion towards duties in the year 2017.

According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the DGP and ADGP on behalf of JK Police conveyed heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family of the slain.

Speaking to the media persons, DGP said that J&K Police along with other security forces are fighting against militants and their supporters with firm determination.

He said that a good number of militants were killed in the beginning of 2022 and people have sighed relief after their killings.

He said that in the coming days, more stringent actions will be taken against militants and with the support of people more and a peaceful environment will prevail soon.

The DGP said that it has become a trend of Pakistani based agencies and militants to attack on forces and disturb peace and order while using civilians as shields. “Efforts and precautions are being taken to save the lives of civilians during encounters,” he added.

He said that efforts are being made to infiltrate militants here. He said that forces on the border and hinterland are protecting with utmost dedication and every effort of infiltration will be thwarted—(KNO)

Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kashmir (CCIK) organised a mask distribution and Covid mitigation awareness campaign today at Raj Bagh and Residency Road area here.

SP South Lakshay Sharma, SHO Rajbagh Ishaq, SHO Kothibagh Mudasir and President CCIK Tariq Rashid Ghani along with many traders, officials from police and the general public participated in the drive. The CCIK visited many shops and encouraged the shopkeepers to follow all SOPs while dealing with customers.

Former MLA Bandipora Usman Majid here on today has extended warm greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious occasion of Lohri.

In his message, Majid has expressed hope that the festival will bring happiness among the people of the UT and would be a harbinger of prosperity in J&K.

He has prayed for the well-being of the people of the Jammu and Kashmir on this occasion.

In a setback to Apni Party, vice—Chairperson of Srinagar district development council (DDC), Bilal Ahmad Bhat along with four other elected councilors resigned from the party on Thursday.

Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer(KNO) Bilal Ahmad Bhat, who was elected as vice—chairperson of DDC Srinagar last year, said that he along with other four councilors have resigned from the party today.

“We have won as independent candidates in DDC polls and later joined Apni Party. Now we have decided that we will continue as independent councilors,” he said.

He said DDC members Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Shaban, Shamima and Muhammad Yasin have also resigned the party—(KNO)

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar on Thursday visited Nillow camp of police’s SOG in Kulgam district and reviewed “operational aspects” at SOG camp on Thursday.

Officials told GNS that Kumar along with DIG south Kashmir and SSP Kulgam also visited Pariwan were an encounter gunfight took place in which an SOG personnel of J&K police and a JeM militant were killed while three army soldiers and two civilian were injured. “At SOG camp Nillow Kulgam, he interacted with officers and men from JKP, Army and CRPF and reviewed operational aspects,” they said.

Later on IGP and DIG visited Shopian and Pulwama where they “reviewed security and operational aspects,” they added. (GNS)

Today an extensive booster dose of Covid Vaccination drive has been started by Sopore Police to the Police Personnel posted in the Police District. The drive was carried out at DPL Sopore where Superintendent of Police Sopore Sudhanshu Verma-IPS received their first booster shot of Covid Vaccine.

SP Sopore advised all the officials to shed any inhibitions and avail this opportunity of administering the vaccine for immunising the frontline workers. He further added that vaccination drive will be a key factor in strengthening our defense against COVID-19 pandemic disease and will facilitate resumption of our daily life schedules.

He appreciated all Police officers/officials who are contributing the systematic efforts against COVID-19 pandemic disease and thanked the Health officials for their assistance in administering the booster dose of vaccine to Police officers/officials and also appealed the eligible population to get their booster dose at an earliest in order to beat this deadly virus. It is Pertinent to mention that Sopore Police along with civil administration are on forefront in enforcing the Covid Appropriate Behaviour in the whole Police District to restrain the further spread of it.