The Real Story: PSO JD

Senior Superintendent of Police Shailendra Mishra, who is seen among the most competent officers to have successfully manned militancy-infested Shopian district in the past around a decade, is now breaking the internet for his emotional tribute to his slain Personal Security Officer, Javed Ahmed Dar aka JD who was killed by militants on the day … Read more

The Amazing And True Story Of A Man from Kishtwar And A Retired Police Dog

Braving hostile weather, Manzoor Ahmed Hafiz came all the way from Kishtwar to purchase a retired police dog, Brut, who was put on a public auction on Friday in the Sunjwan area here. “It is due to my love and affection for these dogs that I covered a distance of nearly 230 km to attend … Read more

Martyred J&K Policeman’s Family Writes Open Letter To Terrorists

Two days after Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, a sub-inspector with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was martyred following a terrorist encounter, his family members wrote an open letter on social networking platform, addressing it to the terrorists who killed him. The title of the letter reads: “A open letter to the murderers of Sub Inspector Mir Imtiaz” Here … Read more

My Words: Jammu and Kashmir police cop’s wife pens down emotional note on sacrifices by servicemen

In the wake of terrorists targeting the kin of Jammu and Kashmir police personnel, the wife of a policeman from the valley has penned down a moving post about the sacrifices made by the men in uniform in the line of duty. Arifa Tausif, a working woman, has written how most wives of policemen raise … Read more

This act of Jammu and Kashmir Police leaves internet buzzing

The internet here has been left buzzing with two tales of honesty of Jammu and Kashmir policemen after a special police officer and a constable returned two lost bags with huge cash to their rightful owners. Special Police Officer Umar Mushtaq, who works for a meagre salary of Rs 6,000 a month, returned a bag … Read more

DGP of J&K SP Vaid accepts PM Narendra Modi’s fitness challenge

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Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a video on twitter of his morning exercise schedule as a part of #HumFitTohIndiaFit campaign, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dr S P Vaid on Wednesday challenged the state police cadre including the IPS fraternity on fitness by posting his video on the social media. Dr … Read more

About an IPS officer from Jammu & Kashmir who provides free exam coaching

IPS, Sandeep Chaudhary, free coaching

In an age when most people keep complaining about lack of time, an officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Sandeep Chaudhary has started free coaching classes for aspirants of competitive exams in Jammu while keeping his day job. The SP (South), Jammu, began the mission with 10 students but now, the number of aspirants … Read more

So nobody chopped their braids?

women protesting against alleged braid chopping incidents

According to news report by Greater Kashmir, the police has closed the investigation in all the cases of reported braid chopping incidents in Jammu province. Only three open FIRs were registered in the province against mysterious braid chopping incidents reported between August and November last year. According to SHO Bhaderwah, Muneer Khan, police had to close … Read more

The pain of being a traffic policeman

Jammu kashmir traffic police

IGP Basant Rath may have fixed J&K’s traffic woes to a certain level, but he is definitely not enough to solve every problem faced by the traffic policemen. The problem is that of absence of toilets at public places. Doing duty for almost 14 hours at a stretch daily, our traffic policemen have no access … Read more

Terrorist vs SPO: SPO loses all fronts

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Recently, SPO Muhammad Yousuf Cheche was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Kupwara. He used to get mere Rs 3000 per month as consolidated salary. It is not difficult to guess the condition of his family after his demise. Ironically, the Jammu and Kashmir government is paying more incentives to these terrorists than the … Read more

The documents are with the DGP himself, Who is he?

Did DGP cheat Basant Rath on live news?

While a common man is dead scared of going out on roads lest IG Traffic Basant Rath might seize their vehicle, or challan at least, due to one reason or the other. Somebody, allegedly, did a fine job of tricking the policemen checking traffic offenders recently. In a viral video, policemen are seen stopping a … Read more

J&K DGP Warns IPS Rath on ‘Illegal, Unbecoming Conduct’

As controversy spirals over the style of functioning of a senior Indian Police Service officer, Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Shesh Paul Vaid has warned Inspector General (Traffic), Basant Rath, ‘against violation of the service conduct rules, operating without uniform, hurling abuses, and manhandling commuters.’ In an official communication – dated 22 … Read more

Meet Basant Kumar Rath – The Most Dabangg Super Cop Of Jammu & Kashmir

He is curt, takes quick decision, isn’t afraid of anyone and people call him Dabang policewala. Almost every driver on Jammu roads these days is terribly afraid of this man. Sometimes he comes with a warning and sometimes not. Hailing from Orissa, son of a farmer, a JNU alumunus, and an IPS officer of 2000 … Read more

Jammu & Kashmir most corrupt in North India; who is the most corrupt in J&K?

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J&K features in the 5 most corrupt states of the country. A survey by the Centre for Media Studies shows that J&K is the 5th most corrupt state of India and the  most corrupt in North India. Since J&K is corrupt, one is bound to wonder as to who exactly contributes to this “achievement”. As … Read more

New Details Emerge On How JKPolice Use Social Media

If you want to successfully run an organization, you can’t afford to ignore social media. That’s especially true if you’re a running a police department. Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police SP Vaid said as quoted by Times of India,  “that social media outreach had helped the force counter the propaganda of subversive elements and improve the … Read more

Bunty-Babli gang of Kashmir

Jammu Kashmir police has busted a notorious trio of fraudsters who could be called as the Bunty-Babli gang of Kashmir. The gang successfully duped more than 30 business establishments of Kashmir, in addition to numerous individuals. Here is what the Tribune has to tell about them: The gang consisted of Tahir Amin, Waheed Ahmad Bhat and Tahir’s wife Masrat of … Read more

Things you should know about E-Challan launched by Jammu & Kashmir Traffic Police

Recently, Minister of State for Transport inaugurated the e-challaning facility at Traffic Police City Srinagar at Srinagar. With e-challan in system in state, it will become difficult to bargain with traffic policemen. Now one can’t escape by exposition of less cash. In such times, only your card will come to your rescue. Don’t even have … Read more

J&K Police regularized SPO Who Threw Grenade Away & Saved Lives

Three security personnel were injured on 24 September in a grenade attack by militants in a north Kashmir town. The grenade lobbed by the militants inside a security forces’ vehicle in Sopore town of Baramulla district could have led to more casualties, but an alert special police officer saved many lives by throwing away the … Read more