South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Agartala, April 22: An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer committed suicide in Indian state Tripura. The BSF officer shot himself dead outside his battalion headquarters in Dhalai district of the state, police said.

 LONDON, April 22: A London-based law firm filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their roles in war crimes in Indian illegal occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Law firm Stoke White said it submitted extensive evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit documenting how Indian forces headed by Indian armys Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane and Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah were responsible for the torture, kidnapping and killing of activists, journalists and civilians.

 Jammu, April 21: Indian  forces arrested six person in Bandipore and Kathua in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Indian army’s 14 Rashtriya Rifles & 3rd Bn Central Reserve Police Force arrested Umer Ajaz @Umer Shalla son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir of Naberpora Bandipora at a checkpoint established at Papchan in Bandipore registered in Police Station Bandipora.

 New Delhi, April 21: A district-level BJP worker Jeetu Chaudhary was shot dead unknown assailants in Indian capital city New Delhi. The BJP worker was killed by unknown persons at Mayur Vihar phase-3 area of the city, DCP East Priyanka Kashyap said.A few empty cartridges and other important evidence have been recovered, the Delhi police officer added.

 Ahmadabad, April 21 : The Assam police arrested prominent Dalit leader and Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani in Indian state Gujarat. The  Assam Police  arrested the  prominent Dalit leader  in Palanpur town  of the state over a tweet and taken to Assam by air in the early hours, officials said.

WASHINGTON, DC April 20 :The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has condemned the violence unleashed by Hindutva extremists against Muslims across several Indian states during the holy month of Ramadan. Indian American Muslim Council in a statement called on the US State Department to ask the Indian government to stop stoking the anti-Muslim sentiment and punish the  Hindutva Hindu extremists involved in the violence. 

Jammu, April  20: A non-Kashmiri couple was injured in a mysterious explosion in Rajouri  district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 
The couple from Indian state UP, India have been removed to hospital after the blast which took place at Jaglanoo area of the district. SSP Rajouri Mohammad Aalam Choudhary confirmed the blast and said investigation are going on. 

 Srinagar, April 20 :  The High Court has quashed illegal detention orders of two persons under black law, Public Safety Act (PSA) and directed their immediate release from preventive custody inIndian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

 Hisar,  April 20 : Indian police killed a civilian in  custody in Indian state Haryana. The youth identified as Pappi, 30, was arrested in a case registered under the NDPS Act, died at jail in Julana town of the state.