{"id":192989,"date":"2026-01-21T09:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=192989"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:45:23","slug":"indian-police-unleash-fresh-crackdown-on-house-lords-pony-operators-in-reasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/21\/indian-police-unleash-fresh-crackdown-on-house-lords-pony-operators-in-reasi.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian police unleash fresh crackdown on house lords, pony operators in Reasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192991\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/IMG_1741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/IMG_1741.jpeg 392w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/IMG_1741-383x220.jpeg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: Indian police have intensified repressive drive in Reasi district, booking several Kashmiris under the pretext of enforcing tenant verification norms and other so-called legal requirements, as part of New Delhi\u2019s continuing campaign of control and intimidation across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, police teams carried out a verification operation at Daba Morh, where tenants were found residing in a shed owned by Chain Singh, son of Deepti, a resident of Jadsarkote, Udhampur. The police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), criminalising the alleged non-compliance with verification orders.<\/p>\n<p>In another action along the Mata Vaishno Devi track, police booked a pony operator, Shabbir Khan, a resident of Jandial, Jammu, for operating without a valid registration card. A case was registered against him under the same law.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, at Kakryal, police booked Nazir Ahmed, a resident of Kun Kanyala Panthal, Katra, for keeping tenants Sajad Ahmed Dar and his wife Daisy Jaan without what authorities termed \u201cproper verification.\u201d A case was also registered under BNS.<\/p>\n<p>In yet another case, Onkar Singh, a resident of Chamba Chandwa, Katra, was apprehended under BNS and later penalised by a local court.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown was carried out by police officials from Banganga and Kakryal police posts and Police Station Katra under the supervision of senior officers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, SSP Reasi Paramvir Singh reiterated warnings to landlords, pony operators, and service providers to strictly follow verification norms, threatening strict action in case of any deviation.<\/p>\n<p>Observers say such drives, frequently launched under security pretexts, have become a routine tool to harass and criminalise ordinary Kashmiris, further tightening the grip of fear and surveillance in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: Indian police have intensified repressive drive in Reasi district, booking several Kashmiris under the pretext of enforcing tenant verification norms and other so-called legal requirements, as part of New Delhi\u2019s continuing campaign of control and intimidation across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, police teams carried out a verification &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/IMG_1741.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192992,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192989\/revisions\/192992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}