INDIA
J&K: 111 black-listed pilgrims cleared for Haj
Friday, 09 November 2007
Sri Nagar, November 9 : A day after aired a story on how the Jammu and Kashmir CID has not cleared 400 people from the state to travel on the Haj pilgrimage, the CID has provided clearances to 111 pilgrims on Thursday.
Moreover, the state CID has informed that the cases of 200 other people are being reviewed.Many of those who had been blacklisted had earlier complained that the denials were on flimsy grounds.
Thereafter, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had told that the government would review the Haj clearance policy.
-Agencies
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