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Cong leader?s involvement in J&K sex scam criticised
ACTIVISTS of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday, criticised the alleged involvement of the Congress legislator and former minister in the infamous sex scandal in the Kashmir Valley.
ACTIVISTS of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday, criticised the alleged involvement of the Congress legislator and former minister in the infamous sex scandal in the Kashmir Valley.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders burnt the effigy of GA Mir, former minister and a senior Congress leader who was arrested by the CBI in connection with his alleged involvement in the sex scandal in Kashmir.
Led by KK Mishra and Ashok Pandey, the Bharatiya Janata Party activists assembled at Assi area in the morning and protested against the leader’s role in the scam.
GA Mir was minister for Public Works Department and Tourism in the Congress-PDP coalition government led by Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed.
After change of guard in Jammu and Kashmir with Ghulam Nabi Azad taking over as Chief Minister, Mir was dropped.
Mir was arrested in New Delhi where another former Minister Raman Mattoo, also allegedly involved in the sex racket, was picked up by the CBI from his residence in Srinagar.
Former additional advocate general Anil Sethi, son of former Supreme Court judge Justice RP Sethi surrendered last evening and is in the Central Bureau of Investigation custody.
