Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, 25 drug peddlers jailed in Poonch

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, 25 drug peddlers jailed in Poonch

Jammu and Kashmir Police states, 25 “chronic” drug smugglers in Poonch were arrested and imprisoned for a month on April 21 in response to intelligence warnings that they would jeopardize the smooth conduct of the Lok Sabha elections in the border district. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which is going to polls in…

IEDs recovered, after security forces bust terrorist hideout
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IEDs recovered, after security forces bust terrorist hideout

Police, paramilitary CPRF and army on Wednesday (April 17) busted a suspected terrorist hideout and recovered two Tiffin improvised explosive devices (IEDs) weighing 3 kilograms in Mendhar sub-division of Poonch district, officials said. They said at about 0600 hours today, a search operation was launched by police’s SOG Mendhar alongwith police component Gursai, 246 battalion…

Forces recovered Old-rusted shell near primary school in Poonch
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Forces recovered Old-rusted shell near primary school in Poonch

Police and army on Monday recovered an old rusted shell near primary school Narol in Mendhar Sector in Poonch district, officials said. They told sources, a villager of Noral spotted the shell and telephonically informed Police Station Mendhar about it. Immediately, they said, a police party rushed to the spot while army was also informed…

Three injured in road accident in Qasba
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Three injured in road accident in Qasba

A road mishap has wounded three persons after a vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge in Qasba area in Poonch district of Jammu on Saturday. As per sources, an auto bearing registration number ‘JK12B-5607’ which was travelling from Qasba towards Bandi Chichiyan in Poonch met with a  mishap, following which three…