Core group formed for border residents in Rajouri

Amidst a spurt in ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities in the border district of Rajouri today constituted a core group for timely evacuation of the victims in cross-border firing.
Shehzad Azeem, the chairman of the district legal services, Rajouri, constituted the core group on the direction of the executive chairman of the state legal services authority, Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar, an official spokesperson said.
It will be headed by the chief judicial magistrate for better coordination with the district administration for timely evacuation of the victims of cross border firing, he said.

Soon after its formation, the spokesperson said the members of the core group visited relief camps in Nowshera and interacted with the displaced border residents.
A temporary legal-aid clinic was also opened in the relief camps by the core group for any kind of legal service required by people living in the camps, the spokesperson said, adding that the clinic would be manned by para-legal volunteers -- a person trained in subsidiary legal matters, but not fully qualified as a lawyer.