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Kathua Tense: 15 injured in clashes as protestors clash with police

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 5/19/2018 7:25:04 PM

KATHUA, May 18: Fifteen persons were reportedly injured in a clash after the civil administration foiled the attempt of the people to reconstruct a temple at state land in the town, which included nine police personnel and six civilians.
All of the injured were admitted in District Hospital Kathua for treatment and their condition is stated to be normal.
According to reports that the temple Committee members of Guru Naba Dass Ji had started construction of the temple over some days back on a piece of land in the town on which they were holding function over 10 years every year in honour of Guru Naba Dass Ji.
This year the Biradri members decided to construct a temple on the land and some days back after stacking the material they started construction. Taking the serious exception to it by the district administration, DC Kathua, Rohit Khajuria served a notice to the members of the Biradri and asked them not to go ahead with the construction as the land falls under the category of State land on which no construction can be made without permission.
As the people did not stop the work, DC Kathua along with SSP Kathua and other civil and police officers rushed to the spot with a big contingent of police and they forcibly stopped the work.
To disperse the mob the police resorted to lathicharge and fired teargas shells also. The agitated people also pelted stones on the police and civil administration resulting in the injuries to 15 people including nine policemen and six civilians.
The tension prevailed in the town as the people objected the action of administration saying that two shops have also been constructed on the State land on the same land and when the administration did not take action against them why the under construction of Temple has been demolished by it.