Ahad Jan

• Omar shoe-attacker goes from contrition to defiance

  Abdul Ahad Jan has been enjoying his new found fame in the Valley. The suspended policeman, who threw a shoe that barely missed the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on the Independence Day, received a hero's welcome in his hometown Bandipore on Wednesday.People celebrated his return with shoes in their hands. "We congratulate Abdul Ahad Jan," said ...

• Omar forgives shoe thrower, orders his release

  In a goodwill gesture to coincide with the Holy Ramzan month, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday pardoned suspended head constable Abdul Ahad Jan who had flung a shoe towards him during Independence Day function in Srinagar and ordered his release. (Video Special: Shoe attacks - hits and misses | (See Pics: Other shoe h...

• Internet campaign for shoe thrower Ahad Jan

  As police investigate why suspended cop Ahad Jan threw the shoe at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Independence Day, a massive campaign has been launched across social networking sites hailing him as a hero.But new pictures released on these sites have raised questions over whether Jan was only beaten by cops and the CM's security...

• Ahad Jan: The man who threw a shoe at Omar

  Was this Ahad Jan's misplaced anger against the system...or a tacit conspiracy of silence?Suspended Police Head Constable Abdul Ahad Jan threw a shoe at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the flag-hoisting ceremony on Independence Day. (Video Special: Shoe attacks - hits and misses | See Pics: Other shoe hurling incidents)"Omar h...