Early Times Report
jAMMU, Aug 2: A dozen Congress activists, including former Jammu and Kashmir minister Sham Lal Sharma, were arrested here on Sunday for defying restrictions on the assembly of 10 or more people. A police officer told that the arrests took place at Dogra Chowk area. They were taken into custody during a protest demanding an All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Jammu region. The administration has banned the assembly of over 10 people in the city in the wake of a three-day shutdown called by the AIIMS Coordination Committee. |