Aarogya Setu Data Was Made Available to J&K Police in Kulgam, Reveals RTI
MeitY had earlier said that the contact tracing app data was secure and would be collected and shared for health purposes only.
File photo of the Aarogya Setu app logo seen on a phone. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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New Delhi: Despite clear assurances from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) that the Aarogya Setu app data was secure and would âstrictlyâ be used for formulating, implementing or improving health responses, a Right to Information query has revealed that in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the chief medical officer shared usersâ data with the local police. This also happens to be the first instance of a state administration admitting to sharing Aarogya Setu data with the police authorities.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Two arrested with arms, ammunition in Kulgam
Both the accused were arrested and the vehicle they were travelling in was also seized.
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Updated: Mar 6, 2021, 06:36 PM IST
During the intervening night of March 5/6, a tip-off was received by Kulgam Police from sources that illegal arms and ammunition are being transported in a Santro car, which was going from Banihal town in Ramban district towards Qazigund town in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
On receipt of this information, a joint checkpoint was established near Jawahar Tunnel by Kulgam Police and CRPF leading to the interception of the Santro car.
A top Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant outfit, Muneeb Ahmad Sofi S/o Bilal Ahmad Sofi R/O Kanelwan Bejbehara has been arrested by a team of Kulgam Police from IGI Airport New Delhi on Friday morning after his deportation from Qa
Updated Feb 05, 2021 | 15:09 IST
Munib Sofi, a resident of Bijbehara in Jammu and Kashmir, was working for Pakistani terrorist Waleed Bhai who was killed in an encounter at Kulgam last year. Munib Sofi, overground worker of Jaish-e-Mohammed | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Kulgam Police have arrested a top overground worker of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) from the Indira Gandhi Internation Airport in Delhi following his deportation from Qatar, the Jammu and Kashmir police said on Friday.
Munib Sofi, a resident of Bijbehara in Jammu and Kashmir, was working for Pakistani terrorist Waleed Bhai who was killed in an encounter at Kulgam last year, the police said. A lookout notice was issued against Sofi after a local court issued a non-bailable warrant against him.