India
Authorities in Sambhal demolish Karim Mosque built without Waqf approval
In Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, authorities carried out demolition of the Karim Mosque in Kutubpur Satta due to its unauthorised construction on Waqf land. The 130-square-metre mosque lacked approval from the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board. Following an inquiry led by District Magistrate Ankit Khandelwal, demolition orders were issued after the mosque committee failed to provide the necessary approval. Security personnel from multiple police stations and armed forces ensured order during the operation.
2 Missing Special Police Officers Found Dead in Kishtwar Forest; Kulgam Alert SoundedThe bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers, identified as Bobby Chand and Rashpal Kumar, were recovered from the Dachhan forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district. The two officers, attached to the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, had gone missing while moving towards a temporary operating base in the upper reaches of Dachhan.
Officials stated that both personnel sustained multiple close-range gunshot wounds, and their service weapons were found missing from the scene. A massive joint search and destroy operation involving quick reaction teams from the Indian Army, CRPF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police has been launched across the rugged forest terrain to track down the assailants.
The incident occurred alongside a security alert in South Kashmir following an attack on a CRPF checkpost in Kulgam that left three personnel injured.