Youth killing: Inquiry ordered; army apologises to family

February 11, 2012

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Srinagar, February 11: A magisterial inquiry was today ordered by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah into the ''accidental'' killing of a youth in Baramulla district by the army even as head of Srinagar-based 15 Corps apologised to the family of the deceased.

Ashiq Hussain Rather, a resident of Lesar village near Watargam in Rafiabad area of Baramulla district, 75 km from here, died after being hit by a single bullet around 9 PM yesterday, officials said.

Minister of State for Home Nasir Aslam Wani, who was camping at the spot along with DGP Kuldeep Khoda and Lt Gen S A Hasnain, met parents of the deceased and the local people and assured them of speedy justice.

"The sub-divisional magistrate will conduct a probe into the death of Ashiq Hussain and submit its report within one month," he said.

Lt Gen Hasnain, who apologised to the family of the deceased, ordered an internal probe into the circumstances leading to the death of 22-year-old Ashiq.

Both the enquiries were decided upon in consultation with the family of the deceased, the officials said.

An army release said initial investigation of the incident revealed that on the basis of "intelligence which indicated presence of terrorists in the village, a column of 32 Rashtriya Rifles established a cordon near a group of houses.

"The presence of the army created some panic in a house which led to an accidental discharge of a weapon in the hands of an Rashtriya Rifles soldier.

"The single bullet which was discharged hit Rathar who expired on the spot," the statement said and added that Lt Gen Hasnain confirmed that the unfortunate death was by an accidental discharge of a weapon.

The army has assured job to a male member of the family.The tempers of the local people was cooled by Wani after which the body of the youth was laid to rest.

Omar said he will see whether the standard operating procedure was followed by the security forces while laying the ambush in area.

A defence spokesman, in a statement issued last night, said troops of 32 Rashtriya Rifles and police had launched a joint operation following information about presence of militants in the area.


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June 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jun 26: A man, who had returned from Bahrain on Thursday and has been under quarantine at his house in Villyapallai near here, has been stabbed on his arm by an unidentified person.

Police sources said the assailant, with a masked face, had ransacked the man's house by break-opening the door at midnight lat night and stabbed Lijeesh on his arm and fled from the scene.

The nearby residents took Lijeesh to a nearby hospital and was put back on quarantine. 

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July 12,2020

Tamil Nadu, Jul 12: An alleged attempt by a 19-year-old man to "open a branch of the State Bank of India" at Panruti near Tamil Nadu was scuttled and he was arrested for forgery, police said on Saturday.

The man, son of retired SBI employees, had readied fake seals and challans of the public sector lender, and had other paraphernalia like a cash counting machine needed "to run a bank branch," on an upper floor of his residence at Panruti, about 25 km from Tamil Nadu.

He had not, however, put up any signboard. The SBI Panruti branch manager lodged a complaint with police seeking action following a tip-off by a customer that the man was "opening an SBI branch and has challans as well."

A printer who printed the challans and another who had made fake seals were held for similar offences and abetment.

They were produced before a magistrate court and enlarged on bail.

Asked if the man had cheated people by soliciting deposits or facilitating loans, Panruti police inspector K Ambethkar said, "no..we have not received any such complaint so far."

The man's late father had worked for SBI and his mother had retired from the same bank some time back, he said.

To a question, the police inspector said the man's mother, who has mobility issues, and another woman a relative living in the same house had no clue about his "idea."

Investigations revealed that he aspired to work for a bank and since he had closely watched banking operations for long he was "very knowledgeable" about it.

On the suspected motive, he said several of his replies were incomprehensible, childish, and strange notwithstanding his excellent understanding of the banking processes.

"He even calmly told us that he awaited approval from Mumbai to open the (SBI) branch and that he was about to put up a signboard," the inspector said, adding that the man had tried unsuccessfully to get employment on compassionate grounds in the SBI following the death of his father in harness.

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June 7,2020

Behrampur, Jun 7: A migrant labourer spent two days in jungle after allegedly being denied entry to a quarantine centre and his village in Behrampur.

According to a local from the village, no one helped the labourer. "He came from Chennai. He went to the police and block office but no one helped. Then, he went to the jungle."

Later, the police took him to the quarantine centre.

As per the Union Health Ministry, there are 2,608 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Odisha, including 996 active cases, 1,604 recovered/discharged/migrated and 8 deaths.

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