JKP To Launch

to those who impeded peace. But now things have changed. The families of big terrorists were in government jobs but we changed this and threw them out.”

Sinha went on to say, “Many terrorists from Pakistan enter by taking advantage of the ceasefire, but these terrorists now carry out incidents just to register their presence.”

On the question of talks with Pakistan, Manoj Sinha said, “Talk and terror can’t go together. We will only talk to the youth of Kashmir and the people here and try to give them all help and all the facilities they want.”

Regarding the question of statehood, LG Sinha said, “Election preparations are an ongoing process and after removal of Article 370 the work of delimitation started, now the voter list has been revised, names added and soon Lok Sabha polls will take place. After this, hopefully by September this year, Assembly polls will take place. A full team of the Election Commission is coming to J&K on March 12. I am sure that the government of India will give statehood at an appropriate time.”

He also refused to talk about PoK saying, “It is MEA’s work and we should let it do the work.” He also added that there is complete freedom to everyone for political activities in the state.

Sinha told the gathering that “the state’s sports budget is the highest in the country”. He said that Sachin Tendulkar who was on a visit to Kashmir told him that ‘Kashmir badal gaya hai’!”

Temple renovation in J&K is on and for the restoration of heritage sites Rs 200 crore have been earmarked, be it temple, church, mosque or gurudwara. He also said, “Pakistan polls do not have any effect in J&K and the people of the state are aware that their future is only with India. Pakistan has only misguided the youth here, killed innocents and done nothing.”

LG Manoj Sinha signed off by saying, “I have an important work of J&K which I am doing with honesty. I feel it is Mata Vaishno Devi and Baba Amarnath’s aashirvad that I have been given this work. It will be great for me if I am able to make Jammu and Kashmir like another state of the county.”

accused but the victims of crimes and the society in general receive justice, and thrust has been given to modernise the investigation process by using technology,” the spokesperson said.

“These laws have provisions to tackle terrorism and organised crimes more effectively and incorporate advancements in modern and scientific technology to improve the quality of investigation, besides timeline for trials,” he said.

Additionally, the laws have provisions for increased punishment in certain offences.

The new criminal laws have introduced new offences, including offences against the state; organised crime; and offences related to terrorism, mob-lynching, non-reporting of rash and negligent acts, snatching, ATM theft, Ponzi schemes, and question paper leaks, according to the police spokesperson.

The laws expand the definition of documents to include electronic or digital records, e-mails, server logs, computers, smartphones, laptops, SMS, websites, locational evidence, mails, messages on devices. A provision has been made to digitise the entire process from FIR to case diary, case diary to charge sheet and charge sheet to judgment, he added.

The official said videography has been made compulsory at the time of search and seizure that will be part of the case and will not implicate innocent citizens. Without such recordings by the police, no charge sheet will be valid.

He added a provision of e-FIR is being added for the first time, every district and police station will designate a police officer who will officially inform the family of the arrested person about his arrest online and in person.

The statement of the victim has been made compulsory in the cases of sexual violence and the video recording of the statement has also been made compulsory in cases of sexual harassment, the police spokesperson said.

According to three identical notifications issued by the Union home ministry on February 24, provisions of the new laws will come into force from July 1.

The legislations aim at completely overhauling the criminal justice system by giving definitions of various offences and their punishments.

However, the provision related to cases of hit and run by vehicle drivers will not be implemented immediately.