Srinagar, June 7: Senior Jammu and Kahsmir separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday trashed media reports that he had met leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Reacting to media reports that he had met two senior leaders of the PDP in order to motivate him for talks with the Centre, Malik said: "India and its stooges like PDP are desperate to gain some credibility among Kashmiris by spreading fake news of meeting separatist leaders."

Giving details of what fuelled these speculations, Malik said he had been to a local restaurant on May 30 with some of his friends for Iftaar where PDP leader, Wahid Parra was already occupying a table with some people including two Srinagar-based journalists. 

"Waheed Parra, whom we call an asset of Indian establishment, on seeing me tried to greet me as courtesy, but even though I felt bad about not returning his greetings, I chose not to answer.

"This issue was twisted first through a blog. During the last two days, first a news wire called 'The Print' and later a local TV news channel started running this fake and concocted news seemingly at the behest of their masters.

"I have decided to file a defamation suit against both the News wire and the local TV news channel," Malik said.

 

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Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.

The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.

The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.

Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.

The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.

A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.