This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 24, 1984.
The so-called Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front claimed responsibility for throwing an explosive device at the residence of a retired session judge, Nilakanth Ganjoo in Srinagar. A person who styled himself as an activist of the front informed UNI that the front was responsible for the explosion. The caller did not disclose his name.
State of turmoil
Six terrorists were killed and an equal number of people injured when CRPF jawans opened fire in Ferozepur, one Air Force officer was hacked to death and a bank robbed in Amritsar district, while an abortive attempt was made on the life of a Congress (I) leader at Bhatinda. The incident at Ferozepur occurred at the bus stand near Shaheed Udham Singh Chowk.
Protest Over Border
More than 500 members and supporters of the National Democratic Party marched along the main streets in Dhaka in a demonstration protesting the shooting at Bangladesh security personnel by Indian troops along the India-Bangladesh border. The party staged a similar demonstration demanding the removal of a multimillion-dollar border fence under construction by India.
India Backs Mexico
India shared Mexico’s concern over the crisis in Central America and strongly came out against “interference and intervention” by superpowers anywhere in the world. President Zail Singh said the superpowers could not use the need for their security as a plank for interference elsewhere. Singh reiterated India’s wholehearted support for the Contadora Initiative which aimed at the resolution of the crisis through peaceful negotiations without outside interference.
