SRINAGAR: The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir Friday produced a challan in Srinagar court against two accused persons in a case related to fraud cheque.

According to a statement, EOW produced challan in Case FIR No. 10/2018 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC against Abdul Rashid Bhat and his daughter Rifat Rashid of Hari Singh High Street Srinagar before the court of 13th Finance Srinagar.

The statement reads the instant case had been registered upon receipt of a written complaint preferred by JK Bank Branch Head, Hari Singh High Street Srinagar, wherein it was alleged that a forged cheque presented before the concerned bank officials and later on was credited into the bank account of the accused persons.

“Accordingly, the instant case was registered in P/S Crime Branch Kashmir now Economic Offence Wing, Crime Branch Kashmir. During the course of investigation, it has been established that the accused persons in league with each other succeeded fraudulently in transferring the cheque amount into their personal accounts,” it reads.

It added the evidence substantiated commission of offence U/S 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B by the accused persons and accordingly challan was Produced before the court of 13th Finance Srinagar.

SRINAGAR: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has said it is ironical that government doctors are allowed to run private hospitals in Kashmir.

“Doctors take salary from public hospitals and surprisingly work for private hospitals,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. In a statement Dr Hassan said public hospitals are the places where poor seek health care. Majority of our population is still poor and cannot afford expensive treatment in private hospitals.

“Diverting human resource from government hospitals to private sector deprives poor and underprivileged of essential health care,” he said.

The DAK President said government doctor is a government servant all the 24 hours of the day, round the clock and does not cease to be one during spare hours when he/she is away from duty.

“Permitting private practice at any time in the day is bound to affect the discharge of official duties by government doctor,” he said. Dr Nisar said the dual practice creates pervasive incentives for doctors to increase waiting time at government hospitals so that patients are forced to go to private clinics.

“Doctors concentrate their attention and work effort on private practice at the expense of public hospitals. They use public hospitals as recruiting grounds for their private practice and orchestrate scenarios to generate business for their clinics,” he said.

General Secretary DAK Dr Arshad Ali said private practice has eaten away our premier health institutions which not only are crucial life-saving assets but also full-time centers for medical education and research. The academic character of the health institutions has got damaged and profession of healthcare has got affected by private practice.

“Private health sector should grow, but not at the cost of public health sector,” he said adding “private hospitals can’t run their business by hiring government doctors who are appointed full-time for public sector.”

Spokesperson DAK Dr Riyaz Ahmad Dagga said time has come to segregate health sector and doctors have to decide whether to work for private or public health sector. “Government should ban private practice of government doctors particularly in medical colleges to ensure round the clock availability of doctors for patients,” he added.

CHANDIGARH : A drone was found from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district along with 5 kg of heroin, police said on Friday.
The hexacopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle with six rotors, was recovered in a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Border Security Force.
“Tarn Taran Police in a joint search operation with BSF have recovered a hexacopter drone equipped with modern technology & packets containing heroin weighing 5 kg from fields near the Indo-Pak border,” Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav tweeted.
On November 28, two Pakistani drones were gunned down by the BSF along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts.
Two hexacopters were carrying around 10 kg of heroin which were recovered by the BSF troops. (AGENCIES)

Srinagar, Dec 2: Amid dry weather, minimum temperatures in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh witnessed slight rise even though mercury at most places continued to go below zero levels on Friday.

Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.2°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night.

 The temperature was around 1.0°C above normal during this time of the year for the capital city, he said. On Sunday last, Srinagar saw minus 2.2°C which was the coldest night so far this season.

Qazigund recorded a low of 0.5°C against minus 2.0°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.5°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.

In Pahalgam, the mercury settled at minus 1.4°C against minus 3.8°C on the previous night and it was 2.0°C above normal for the south Kashmir resort, he said.

Kokernag recorded a low of 1.2°C against 0.2°C on the previous night and it was 1.7°C above normal for the place, he said.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 0.8°C against minus 1.0°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 2.3°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. 

In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 0.4°C against minus 2.6°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 0.7°C above normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.

Jammu recorded a low of 11.1°C against 9.3°C on the previous night. It was 0.8°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 6.6°C, Batote 4.5°C (0.4°C above normal), Katra 9.4°C (0.5°C above normal) and Bhadarwah  4.5°C (around 2°C above normal).

In Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 4.4°C, Kargil minus 10.6°C and mercury in Drass, the world’s second coldest place after Siberia, settled at minus 6.5°C, the official said. The MeT department has forecast mainly dry weather till December 10.