Tag Archive: unidentified gunmen

Court issues warrant against Amit Jogi in murder case

The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a warrant against Amit Jogi, son of Congress leader and state’s first chief minister Ajit Jogi, in connection with the murder of a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader.

A two-member division bench of the High Court in Bilaspur issued the bailable warrant Thursday against 33-year-old Amit, currently practising as a [...]

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Three killed in Assam shootout

Guwahati, Jan 3 (IANS) Three people, including two tribal separatists, were killed and three civilians wounded in a shootout by unidentified gunmen in Assam, officials said Sunday.

A police spokesperson said heavily armed masked gunmen late Saturday attacked a group of people at village Mukuldang in Kokrajhar district, about 220 km west of Assam’s main city [...]

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Raipur shutdown passes off peacefully

Raipur, Dec 26 (IANS) The shutdown in Raipur called by the Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce in protest against the broad daylight killing of a trader in the city passed off peacefully Saturday.

Unidentified gunmen Friday shot and killed Amar Ahuja, a private financier, and critically wounded his relative Manish in the heart of the Chhattisgarh capital. [...]

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Trader shot dead in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Dec 25 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a trader and injured his relative in a broad daylight attack Friday in this Chhattisgarh capital, police said.

‘Two unidentified men entered into the office of Amar Ahuja in Pandri cloth market today (Friday) afternoon and shot at him point blank range,’ Raipur Superintendent of Police Amit [...]

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Two migrant workers killed in Manipur

Imphal, Dec 17 (IANS) Two migrant workers were killed by unidentified gunmen in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur in the second such incident in the past two days, officials said Thursday.

A police spokesperson said bullet riddled bodies of the two daily wage earners were recovered from the Chingmaerong area on the outskirts of the [...]

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Migrant labourer shot dead in Manipur

Imphal, Dec 16 (ANI): A migrant labourer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen here on Tuesday.

Twenty-eight-year-old Deepak Kumar Shahu was shot dead at Pangei Haotan, four kilometres away from Heingang Police Station in Imphal.

Shahu, a confectionary hawker used to sell biscuits and other items in remote villages.

“Around 10.30 a.m , the victim was returning [...]

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Vested interests don’t want peace in Jammu and Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar, Dec 5(ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that vested interests wanted to derail the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir.

Abdullah’s comment came in the wake of the attack on Hurriyat chief [...]

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Kashmir Valley observes shut down, as Qureshi continues to be critical

Srinagar, Dec 5 (ANI): The entire Kashmir Valley was observing a shutdown on Saturday following the assassination attempt on senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haque Qureshi last evening.

The Kashmir Valley turned grim after unidentified gunmen shot Qureshi outside a mosque in the city last evening.

The [...]

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Hurriyat leader critically injured in Srinagar shooting

Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen opened fire and critically wounded Fazl Haque Qureshi, senior separatist leader and executive committee member of the moderate Hurriyat faction, here Friday evening, police said.

He was reportedly shot at in Soura locality of Srinagar.

A police officer said suspected guerrillas fired at Qureshi, the chairman of Peoples Political Front and [...]

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School boy kidnapped in Madhya Pradesh town

Bhopal, Nov 17 (IANS) Four unidentified gunmen kidnapped a school boy Tuesday when he was on his way to school in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district, police said.

‘Four people came in a Maruti van and stopped the child on the pretext of asking for some one’s address. As soon as the boy stopped, he was dragged [...]

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Abducted engineers kin protest in Manipur

Imphal (Manipur), Nov.14 (ANI): Kin and employees of provincial electricity department staged a protest here on Friday demanding the release of the engineers, who were abducted by suspected rebels.

Some unidentified gunmen abducted the two engineers of the state’s electricity department on November 12.

Though none of the rebel group claimed responsibility for the abduction, local media [...]

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Iranian consulate official shot dead in Peshawar

Peshawar, Nov.12 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen shot dead an official of the Iranian Consulate in Peshawar on Thursday.

According to sources, Abul Hasan Jaffri, director Public Relations at the Iranian Consulate, was attacked near his home early [...]

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Migrant labourer killed in Manipur

Imphal, Nov 10 (ANI): Shankar Sahu, a migrant labourer working in Manipur was shot by unidentified people here on Monday.

This is the third attack on migrants in the state since October 31.

Sahu (23) from Bihar was working here for the last many years. He was shot at by some unidentified miscreants while he was [...]

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Pak Army brigadier, driver injured in Islamabad shoot-out

Islamabad, Nov.6 (ANI): A Pakistan Army brigadier and his driver were injured when unidentified gunmen sprayed bullets on the car in which they were travelling in Islamabad on Friday morning.

According to reports, Brigadier Sohail came under attack near his residence when armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire on his car.

“Unknown attackers were waiting for Brigadier [...]

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India ’shocked’ at attack on UN guest house in Kabul

Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday expressed the country’s shock over the terror attack on a United Nations guest house in Kabul in which 12 people, including six UN staff, were killed.

‘We are shocked by the dastardly attack on the UN guest house in Kabul. We convey our deep sympathy to [...]

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Manipur doctors to cease work after colleague’s murder

Imphal, Oct 26 (IANS) Healthcare facilities in Manipur will come to a halt Wednesday when doctors go on a daylong strike to protest the killing of a colleague by unidentified gunmen.

‘We shall resort to a daylong cease work Wednesday and also stage a three-hour sit-in demonstration to protest the killing of our colleague Huidrom [...]

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Under-19 cricketer Gagandeep Singh shot dead in Meerut

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 10 (ANI): An under-19 cricketer, Gagandeep Singh, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman here last night.

The incident took place between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. when he had gone with his two teammates to a hotel where unidentified gunmen opened fire after a verbal altercation with the hotel owner.

The hotel [...]

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Killing of a bus driver evokes protest, causes outrage in public of Manipur

Imphal, Sep.16 (ANI): Life was paralysed after bus drivers stopped work in protest against the killing of a driver in Manipur. The killing was condemned by several organizations in the state.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead 28-year-old driver Ngangam [...]

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Killing of a bus driver evokes protest, causes outrage in public of Manipur

Imphal, Sep.16 (ANI): Life was paralysed after bus drivers stopped work in protest against the killing of a driver in Manipur. The killing was condemned by several organizations in the state.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead 28-year-old driver Ngangam [...]

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