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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 (PAGE 11) From page 1 CM directs slapping of PSA for adultery in pesticides Sinha-led group calls for dialogue No Panchayat elections in March; This can be achieved only lives in the recent incidents The Chief Minister said, her envisioned under the scheme. plants. Ahmad, in his address, promised through dialogue with all the was unnecessary and avoid- Government had already launched Earlier, Secretary, Horticulture He said the Chief Horticulture all the support in the successful stakeholders," the group said able." Govt to come out with fresh timing a market intervention scheme to in a statement issued here. It mentioned that it was the reserved Wards and keeping within the Panchs, the number stabilise the rates of the apple pro- In the aftermath of the sum- "realisation of this necessity" Wards of the Panchayats in odd- of constituencies in a duce and benefit the growers. mer agitation and clashes that persuaded the political numbers like 9, 11 and 13. The Panchayat had to be in odd- She said a network of mandis between mobs and security parties (PDP and BJP) in the exercise had been completed numbers like 9, 11 and 13. If was being laid to maximise the through the Rural Development the number of Panch segments direct interface between the grow- forces last year, which left 85 present alliance Government in people dead and thousands the state to accept this (dia- Department, Jammu and remained even, there could ers and buyers. Kashmir divisions, separately. have been tie in the election of Mehbooba asked the Jammu injured, a 'concerned citizens' logue) as the way forward in team, led by former External their agenda of governance. However, before the exercise Sarpanchs, sources said, and Kashmir Bank to further slash could be put in public domain for adding this exercise has also Affairs Minister Yashwant At the same time, the state- the interest rates on the credit to be inviting claims and objections, consumed lot of time and now Sinha, visited the Valley twice ment added, "We are dismayed given to farmers under the scheme. there was massive Opposition has to be put in public domain on a fact-finding mission. at the complete disregard of She also asked the bank to uproar on the ground that the for inviting claims and objec- maximise the outreach of the The team has recommended this assurance and at the reluc- Mehbooba Mufti launching the High Density Apple Plantation Scheme at Srinagar on Saturday. exercise conducted by the Rural tions. scheme through its branches and a "multi-dimensional dia- tance of those in authority to Development Department was Sources, however, said the use its khidmat centres to popu- Department, MH Malik gave out officers and heads of the respec- execution of the scheme. logue" which includes talks engage in a dialogue. The pres- not acceptable to them. While Government has conveyed its larise it among the farmers. the broad outline of the scheme, tive JK Bank branches have been He said a dedicated team of with the Hurriyat, besides urg- ent bloodshed must come to an National Conference has keenness to the State Election The Chief Minister directed saying high-density plants had a designated as the authorities officers would be deployed at the ing the Government to improve end and dialogue alone will demanded constitution of Commission for conducting elec- the Horticulture department to yield of 50-70 metric tonnes per which can be approached regard- headquarters of the bank to moni- the human rights situation in achieve this." Delimitation Commission, the tions to the Panchayats as early pace up the process of setting up hectare as against the 10-12 ing the scheme. tor the successful implementation the State. It urged the Centre to initi- Congress and National Panthers as possible. Though the process fruit mandis and CA stores as tonnes in case of conventional JK Bank Chairman Parvez of the scheme. The visits of the team were ate a dialogue involving all the Party have suggested free and to conduct elections would go on, facilitated by the Centre for stakeholders in the State. fair delimitation by an independ- it could take a backseat as and Rs 3.9 lakh worth fake currency seized, 2 held Dialogue and Reconciliation, a "We, therefore, call upon ent agency of the State Election when the Election Commission Out of total Rs 3.9 lakh fake one of them, Ramesh Kumar alias omy of Jammu and Kashmir and and alert to foil their designs," he Delhi-based group working in the Government of India to Commission and not the Rural announced by-election to Lok currency seized by police, 178 Sahil was arrested along with two the country, he said adding that the said adding "I appeal to the youth Kashmir for more than a immediately begin the process Development Department. Sabha seats of Anantnag and notes were in the denomination of counterfeit currency notes in the militant infrastructure is in place to avoid use of drugs and foil the decade. of dialogue in Jammu and Sources said when the reorga- Srinagar. 2000 while 68 notes were in the The statement said, "We are Kashmir by involving all the nization, rotation of reserved The Lok Sabha elections had denomination of 500. Police have deeply concerned at the deteri- stakeholders," the statement Wards etc are put in public to be conducted by the Election seized a total of 246 fake notes, orating situation in the read. domain, the State Election Commission through its repre- Jamwal, who had only this week Kashmir valley. The loss of Commission has to give at least sentative in Jammu and Kashmir- taken over as the new Jammu one week time for inviting objec- the Chief Electoral Officer, who police chief, said. tions from the stakeholders. has also been designated as the Initially, Miran Sahib police, FIR lodged, doc suspended "After receiving the objec- State Election Commission by raided the house of Amandeep tions, the State Election the J&K Government for conduct Singh and arrested him following in woman’s negligent death Commission would require at of Panchayat elections through very specific and credible inputs Officer on duty sent call to lady that a case of double murder be least 10 to 15 days, or even more, an Ordinance promulgated by the that he was engaged in using coun- doctor, Dr Rakia Parveen to registered against the doctors. to dispose of the claims and Governor. terfeit currency notes. A color report immediately but she did Then DC Shabir Bhat and SSP objections,'' sources noted saying The Lok Sabha by-polls printer, copier and scanner used by not turn up on the plea that no Suleman Choudhary assured to this way the deadline of March- would, therefore, push back the him in printing the notes were Ambulance was sent to her hold probe and register an FIR end set by the State Government Panchayat election process to the recovered from his residence. The from hospital. But the woman besides and suspension of doc- for start of Panchayat elections month of May, sources said. fake currency notes worth Rs 3.9 kept struggling for life and tor. can't be met. The Panchayat elections were lakh were also recovered from his IGP Jammu SD Singh, flanked by DIG Ashkoor Wani and SSP PCR Ashok Sharma at a press finally died at around 9.20 pm Today, the Police regis- They pointed out that even- last held in 2011 and the house. conference in Jammu on Saturday (left) the fake currency and accused in police custody (right). in the Emergency unit of the tered an FIR No. 75/ 2017 number Panchayats had to be Panchayats had completed their Preliminary investigations -Excelsior/Rakesh hospital. under Section 304 RPC against converted into odd-numbers term in June 2016. The State conducted by police revealed that across the border and police and designs of Pakistan". Within an hour, the rela- the lady doctor and DC Rajouri following change in legislation Government could lose hand- denomination of 2000. Aman was kingpin of counterfeit security forces are jointly working Miran Sahib police have regis- tives of the patient and vil- Shabir Ahmed Bhat placed her under which the election will be some Central grants in the event As per the investigation, the currency racket and used to get Rs to ensure alertness and effective tered a First Information Report lagers arrived in the hospital. under suspension. He also held only for Panchs and they of any further delay in the con- fake currency has not reached the 30,000 for one lakh fake notes pre- security set up in the hinterland No. 32/2017 under Section They were full of anger against directed for postmortem of (the Panchs) would elect their duct of elections as some of the market as they were only printing pared by him from some of his and along the border in the State. 489/C/489/D RPC for further the doctors and other staff and body by a joint medical team Sarpanch. For the purpose of grants are released only in favour it when the arrests were made, the closed associates. "Pakistan is always trying to investigations in the case. Some started strong protest. Many and constituted a Special election of Sarpanch from of elected Panchayats. IGP said. During question, Aman dis- smuggle in drugs into Jammu and more arrests and recoveries were attendants of the patients Investigation Team (SIT) led Their aim was to hit the econ- closed names of his associates and Kashmir as it is the border point expected during the investiga- admitted in hospital also joined by Additional DC, A S Chib, Raj Bhawan, Minister row over but the security agency are active tions.

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