Sajeed Muneer has completed 12-year sentence. — ANI photo

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), April 12On one hand Kulbhushan Jadhav and Sarabjit Singh were tormented by Pakistan on a flimsy grounds that they were Indian spies, here the Bhopal Police have been feeding and sheltering a Pakistani spy for almost a year after his release from jail.Sajeed Muneer was jailed for 12 years for espionage, but after his release Pakistan did not respond to extradition requests by the Indian government.

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By default, he became the Bhopal Police’s responsibility and the District Special Branch (DSB) has been taking care of him for 10 months now.The DSB pays for his food and other necessities.Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Bhadoria said since the time of end of his conviction every angle related to the issue is being discussed but Pakistan is delaying the process of deportation.”On June 4 last year his sentence ended. In between the deportation process, he was kept in the detention centre, as those who are not from India they are kept in that centre,” he said.The SP added that police officials are in constant contact with the Pakistan High Commission and the process of consular access, where High Commissions of both the countries did the verification of Sajeed Muneer, has been done.“The Bhopal Police arrested him in May 2004 when he was collecting some official secret material from the army regiment. That time he was impersonating himself as an Indian national. He has been current put in Shahjahanabad police station’s detention centre,” Bhadoria said.Investigations revealed that Muneer was lured by the ISI while he had gone into hiding after a murder case.He had murdered a Karachi youth to avenge his brother’s killing. — ANI

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New Delhi, May 12  The Indian Army today said there was no communication from the Chinese side to indicate the meeting to plan for the annual hand-in-hand exercise between the two countries had been “put on freeze”.Reacting to a report in The Tribune published on May 12, Army spokesperson Col Aman Anand said: “There is nothing to suggest that the meeting to plan for military exercises between the two nations has been put on freeze.”Though the meeting called the initial planning conference was scheduled this month, sources said there was no communication from China either on the dates of the meeting or its conduct.The final planning conference is slated for July and the exercise is to be hosted by China in October-November.

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Chandigarh, April 8

The family of an ex-serviceman of the Indian Air Force, who was declared brain dead at the PGIMER here yesterday, today gave the consent to donate his organs, which saved the lives of two critical patients and will give vision to another two.Nirmaljit Kaur, wife of Manjit Singh (64), said, “My husband was a brave soldier. He lived saving others and even in his death, he has turned a saviour for four others.”The Kharar resident was admitted to a local hospital on March 26 following a brain stroke and remained in an extremely critical condition for almost 12 days. He was shifted to the PGIMER on April 6 where he was declared brain dead the next day.After his family’s consent, his kidneys and corneas have been harvested for transplantation.

FLOODS IN SRINAGAR Education institutes closed for 3 days as Jhelum’s water level rises

J&K CM MEHBOOBA MUFTI, WHO HELD A REVIEW MEETING, ASKED OFFICIALS TO SET UP A UNIFIED CONTROL ROOM TO MONITOR THE SITUATION

From page 1 SRINAGAR: Three soldiers were missing after multiple avalanches tore through Kashmir’s Batalik sector on Thursday as the valley reeled under unprecedented rain and snow that swelled rivers and inundated vast areas over the past three days.

WASEEM ANDRABI/HTVehicles and commuters wade through a waterlogged street in Srinagar on Thursday after fresh snowfall. Snowfall and rain have forced the authorities to close schools and colleges even as the only all­weather road link connecting the Valley with the rest of India has been cut off.

Two civilians are also missing after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded of the road and fell into a stream in Anantnag district. Five other passengers were rescued.

The administration declared floods in Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar where the Jhelum’s water level rose alarmingly and shut education institutions for three days, officials said.

The met office said the weather was likely to improve from Thursday as panic set in the valley which had seen death and devastation after torrential rain had triggered a deluge in 2014, the worst in many decades.

Kashmir experienced rare snowfall in April with vast areas blanketed in white due to the freak weather phenomemon.

An army spokesperson said the heavy snowfall triggered multiple avalanches, burying one post in the Batalik sector.

While two out of five trapped soldiers rescued were rescue, operations were on to trace the three others.

Specially trained and equipped avalanche rescue teams have been deployed for the operations in the area.

The administration also issued an avalanche warning for next the 24 hours in Kashmir valley and Kargil district.

In Srinagar, officials declared flood after the Jhelum’s water level crossed 18 feet in Ram Munshibagh area in the evening.

Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who held a review meeting, asked officials to set up a unified control room to monitor the situation. She also directed chalking out contingency plans for flood-prone areas and make available nearby buildings in case of emergency evacuations.

Kashmir divisional commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan asked deputy commissioners to arrange buses and boats for evacuation of people

Major Rajat Chandra at the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI

New Delhi, April 6

President Pranab Mukherjee today awarded Shaurya Chakra to the officers who took part in the surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) last year.He also awarded the Shaurya Chakra posthumously to Lt Col Niranjan Ek, who died while recovering IED from the bodies of Pathankot terrorists in January 2016.As per the citation against Shaurya Chakra awardees, Major Rajat Chandra killed two terrorists during the surgical strike, while Captain Ashutosh Kumar eliminated four terrorists. Both belong to 4 Para Special Forces, which took part in the surgical strike in September last year.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)Major Deepak Upadhyay and Paratrooper Abdul Qayum, both of 9 Para Special Forces, were also awarded with Shaurya Chakra for their role in the surgical strike.Nineteen soldiers of the 4 and 9 Para — units of the special forces —,who undertook the cross-border surgical strike across the LoC, were awarded with gallantry medals, including a Kirti Chakra, on January 25, while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Sewa Medal.Shaurya Chakra was also posthumously awarded to Sanjewan Singh, head constable with the J&K Police, Naib Subedhar Kankara V Subba Reddy, Naik Pandurang Gawande, and Kirti Chakra to Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of the Gorkha Rifles. All laid their lives fighting terrorists. Family members of Singh, Reddy, Gawande and Magar received the honour by the President.Lt Gen PM Hariz, one of the two senior most officers superseded by Chief of Army Staff Gen Bin Rawat, was awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Hariz is the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command.Shaurya Chakra was also awarded to Atu Zumvu, Sub-Divisional Police Officer with the Nagaland Police, who shot down three National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) outfit members, responsible for killing 81 people.Captain Elisen Y Jami of the 12th Batallion Parachute Regiment; Kukudapu Srinivasulu, police constable with the Telangana Police; Lt Col D Vinay Reddy of the Madras Regiment and Havildar Hanuman Ram Saran of the Rajputana Rifles were also awarded with Shaurya Chakra. — PTI

INDIA ARMY KIDS ::VEDIO

WESTERN COMMAND CHIEF CALLS ON CAPT AMARINDER

FROM STRING OF PEARLS TO HEAD VICE: IS CHINA SQUEEZING A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OVER INDIA? SYED ATA HASNAIN

LIGHT AT END OF J&K TUNNEL PM’S CATCHY SLOGANS INADEQUATE

ARMY JAWANS LEARN PARAGLIDING

J&K: TENSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE UNWANTED KIND BY LT GEN SYED ATA HASNAIN

PAKISTAN TARGETS INDIAN POSITIONS ON LOC IN RAJOURI DISTRICT

Court grants bail to jawan held with grenades at airport, hands him to army

KASHMIR ATTACK: MARTYR CREMATED

CHADOORA, A NEW KASHMIR TACK LT GEN (RETD) SYED ATA HASNAIN

NOD TO BARAK MISSILE FOR NAVY

ARMY LISTS RULES OF SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT FOR JAWANS

NOW, LIVE BULLET FOUND IN SOLDIER’S BAG AT SRINAGAR AIRPORT

DALAI IN TAWANG: TEST OF INDIA’S WILL SYED ATA HASNAIN

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This is the second incident of an Army soldier caught at the airport with live ammunition. Tribune file photo

Srinagar, April 4

A live bullet was on Tuesday found in the baggage of an Army jawan at the Srinagar International Airport, after which he was detained, a security official said.The soldier, Pandia Raj, who was proceeding to Delhi on leave, was handed over to the Army for further investigation, the official said.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)Prima facie, it seems that the bullet was left behind in the bag “by mistake”, the official added.This is the second incident of an Army soldier caught at the airport with live ammunition.Yesterday a jawan was arrested after two hand grenades and other ammunition were found in his baggage during the security screening.He had claimed that the grenades had been given to him by a “superior official” for transporting these to Delhi.  — PTI

WHY THIS TUNNEL WILL BECOME JAMMU AND KASHMIR’S LIFELINE

REDUCING OBESITY IN THE INDIAN ARMY ::ORDERS

HOW ‘BROWN BAG LUNCHES’ WHET APPETITE FOR LEADERSHIP IDEAS BY LT GEN SYED ATA HASNAIN

THIS IS HOW WE CAN DEFEAT IS

WATER WASTAGE TO COST YOU DEAR FROM TODAY

BHAKRA WATER LEVEL PLUMMETS GOOD SNOWFALL OVER HIMALAYAS EXPECTED TO OFFSET WATER DEFICIENCY

FAZILKA JAWAN FOUND DEAD IN KASHMIR

‘EX-SERVICEMEN WILL REQUIRE AADHAAR TO AVAIL PENSION BENEFITS’

NEW ITR FORMS, CAP ON CASH DEALS CAN’T RECEIVE OVER RS 2L IN CASH; RETURN ON SMALL SAVINGS CUT BY .1%; AADHAAR MUST FOR TAX RETURNS

Returns simplified for 20 m taxpayers

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