SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday launched a massive hunt and intensified the searches across Srinagar after a former National Conference Minister claimed that his car, which he said was gifted to him by the chief minister Omar Abdullah, was stolen.
A GNS report quoting officials said police while sensing the ‘importance’ of the matter, have sounded alert across the state and flashed mesages to all the district and Tehsil headquarters across the Kashmir division following the theft . The vehicle belonged to Khursheed Ahmad Mir, a former minister in NC regime, who later contested unsuccessfully in 2002 on a PDP ticket. The white Maruti Esteem JK04-0111 was parked outside his residence at J-51 Govt Quarters Jawahar Nagar Srinagar when it was stolen.
Mir hails from frontier village of Harri in Kupwara and presently resides in Jawaha Nagar, officials said.
From today morning police had established more check points in every entry and exit points of the city, sources said.
While confirming the theft, a senior police official said: We have registered a case under FIR no. 46/2014 under section 379 RPC in this regard and we have launched searches to nab the car lifters.
Meanwhile sources confirmed that vehicle was gifted to Mir by Omar Abdullah in 2000.
The Esteem car Model 1996, chasis no. 0185947 and engine no. 0181312 was transferred in the name of Khursheed on 26-11-2002, a senior officer at Assistant Regional Transport office Budgam said.
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