Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz seeks dialogue to end ‘cycle of bloodshed’ in Jammu and Kashmir
The Hindu
Precious lives of young boys are being lost in encounters, says Hurriyat chairman
As stepped up anti-militancy operations left three more Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants dead in an on Wednesday, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has called for a dialogue “to end the cycle of bloodshed”. Expressing concern over growing bloodshed, he said the violence was a result of the lingering conflict.
A joint team of the police, the Army’s 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and the CRPF’s 182 Battalion trapped the three militants in a pre-dawn operation in Chandgam village of Pulwama. The police have identified two of the militants as Mir Owais from Pulwama’s Ashmander area and Talha Yasir, a Pakistani national.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.