Not less than three individuals had been arrested by police on Monday after a spot of worship was vandalised by a customer in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district that prompted region-wide shutdown.
A customer found vandalism at a spot of worship in a village within the Dharmari space on Saturday night, resulting in stress and protests. Police registered an FIR below relevant legal guidelines and established a Particular Investigation Workforce, led by a deputy superintendent, to determine and apprehend these accountable.
By Sunday, 12 people had been apprehended, with an extra three suspects detained in a single day between Sunday and Monday. A police officer confirmed {that a} whole of 15 individuals has been taken into custody for questioning in reference to the case.
Native police knowledgeable that the SIT is engaged on varied proof to nab the culprits.
“Anybody making an attempt to vitiate the peaceable environment is not going to be spared. It’s an try and create hurdles and sabotage developmental actions, moreover communal concord. That is my assure. We is not going to tolerate any try to break peace within the district,” the deputy commissioner informed PTI.
In response to a bandh known as by an area group, Reasi city and its surrounding areas skilled a shutdown on Monday.
Teams of youths burned tires on varied roads. A big crowd of agitated residents gathered at Zanana Park and marched to close by Thapa Chowk, demanding strict motion in opposition to these accountable. Officers reported that police and paramilitary forces had been deployed extensively in delicate areas as a precaution to keep up regulation and order.
