Home Min appoints officer to look into plaints of Kashmiri

youths New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) A Joint Secretary-rank officerwas today appointed in the Home Ministry as nodal officer forJammu and Kashmir to address complaints of youths from theValley facing harassment in different parts of the country. According to official sources, Joint Secretary (Kashmir)will be the nodal officer and receive complaints from Kashmiriyouths and co-ordinate between various states for an earlydisposal of such cases. The officer will have four dedicated telephone lines forthis purpose, they said. The announcement for appointing such an officer was madeby Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day visitto the Valley recently during which several political partieshad raised the issue of harassment of Kashmiri youths invarious parts of the country. During the recent unrest in the Valley, reports of allegedharassment of Kashmiri youths were received from statesincluding Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtraand Uttar Pradesh. PTI ACB SKL KISKIS