Farooq Ahmad Dar

Jammu and Kashmir: Senior police official approached wife of JKLF-R chief in bid to bring him back into maintstream

A senior police official in Kashmir is learnt to have approached the wife of a jailed separatist asking her to convince him to join the mainstream.

Jammu and Kashmir SHRC to hear appeal against state's refusal to compensate 'human shield' Farooq Ahmad Dar

The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) will next month hear an appeal against state government's refusal to act on the commission order awarding Rs 10-lakh compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by an army officer earlier this year.

Kashmir terror funding case: Delhi court extends NIA custody of three separatists till 27 Sept

A court extended the judicial custody of three separatists in Jammu and Kashmir arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities.

NIA raids Devender Behl, a businessman close to Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Geelani in Jammu

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided the house of a businessman considered close to Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani in Jammu.

Police dossier on Kashmiri youth, separatist leaders helped NIA probe on terror funding

Much of the evidence collected against Hurriyat leaders in the NIA investigation was made possible by a dossier created by the Jammu and Kashmir Police while investigation cases of burning of schools and anti-India marches in the Valley

Section 144 imposed in Srinagar day after NIA cracks down on separatist leaders over terror funding

Authorities in Kashmir on Tuesday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent separatist-called protests against the arrest made in a terror funding case

Kashmir human shield row: Govt rejects J&K human rights body's order for compensation

Union minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Jammu and Kashmir human rights panel's directive for providing Rs 10 lakh compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by the army during a bypoll in the state.

Kashmir human shield row: SHRC terms Major Leetul Gogoi's action illegal, demands Rs 10 lakh for Farooq Ahmad Dar

State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday termed the Kashmir human shield incident 'illegal' while directing the Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs 10 lakh to victim Farooq Ahmad Dar

Kashmir human shield row: State Human Rights Commission asks PDP-BJP govt to pay Rs 10 lakh to Farooq Ahmad Dar

State Human Rights Commission has directed Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was tied to a jeep by an army major

Video Volunteers: Tied to an army jeep, a Kashmiri voter’s tryst with democracy

Farooq Ahmad Dar lives with his mother in a village in the Budgam district of the valley. The by-poll for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was held on 9 April 2017 amidst fierce protests from civilians and heavy presence of armed personnel. Farooq got out of his home at 8 am to go cast his vote. On his way back from the polling booth he was going to visit a relative’s home. But he only returned home late that evening, traumatised and with injuries. He was one more casualty of the impunity the armed forces enjoy in Kashmir.