{"id":309724,"date":"2019-02-23T06:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T06:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=309724"},"modified":"2019-02-23T06:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T06:57:46","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir-centre-airlifts-100-companies-of-paramilitary-forces-to-srinagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jammu-and-kashmir-centre-airlifts-100-companies-of-paramilitary-forces-to-srinagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu and Kashmir: Centre airlifts 100 companies of paramilitary forces to Srinagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-309725 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/paramilitary-forces-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/paramilitary-forces-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/paramilitary-forces-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/paramilitary-forces.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Centre airlifted an additional hundred companies of paramilitary forces to the state on an urgent basis to boost security build up after yesterday&#8217;s crackdown resulted in separatist Yasin Malik&#8217;s arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Malik\u2019s detention came ahead of the hearing on Article 35A in the top Court which is likely to take place on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, more separatist leaders may be rounded up in coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After notice from the Home Ministry late on Friday night, 100 additional companies of paramilitary soldiers were airlifted to Srinagar to support the Jammu and Kashmir Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The raids were conducted in south, central and north Kashmir districts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Former chief minister and Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti criticised the arrests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn the past 24 hours, Hurriyat leaders &amp; workers of Jamaat organisation have been arrested. Fail to understand such an arbitrary move which only precipitate matters in J&amp;K. Under what legal grounds are their arrests justified? You can imprison a person but not his ideas,\u201d Mehboob tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There has been a state of emergency in the Valley after the Pulwama terror attack in which at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed and many injured-on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Pulwama district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In the aftermath of the Pulwma terror attack, the government also withdrew the security cover of numerous separatists in Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre airlifted an additional hundred companies of paramilitary forces to the state on an urgent basis to boost security build up after yesterday&#8217;s crackdown resulted in separatist Yasin Malik&#8217;s arrest. Malik\u2019s detention came ahead of the hearing on Article 35A in the top Court which is likely to take place on Monday. 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