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Woman SPO terminated from services for ‘glorifying militancy’

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/17/2021 11:06:54 AM

Kulgam, Apr 16 A 30-year-old woman whose video went viral on social media wherein she was seen shouting at the security forces asking them to stop the search operation at her house, was Friday booked under Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act. A woman SPO identified as Saima Akhtar, daughter of Ghulam Nabi Rah of Frisal area of Kulgam was seen shouting at security forces in a video during a joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Frisal, Kulgam. A video captured by her during the CASO has also went viral on social media, police said, adding that the woman SPO was later arrested by the Police from her residence in Karewa Mohallah of village Frisal and lodged at Police Station Yaripora. In the video, she could be seen shouting at the security personnel “Kashmir Hamara hai,” (This is our Kashmir). ” She further goes on to say that “I won’t you to enter my house with boots on.” Locals told KNO that Saima is a lone daughter of her aged and ailing parents. "She was posted as an SPO in Jammu Kashmir Police and is the sole bread earner to her family, her father is suffering from cancer," the local said. Moreover, police spokesman in a statement issued to KNO said that “on 14 April 2021, after receiving specific input regarding the presence of militants in Karewa Mohallah of village Frisal, a search operation was launched there." “During the course of search, the search party was obstructed by a woman identified as Saima Akther, daughter of Ghulam Nabi Rah of Frisal. The woman resisted the search party and turned violent, and uttered statements glorifying violent actions of militancy. She captured a video through her personal phone and forwarded it.