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| 26 POLICEMEN INJURED AS LOCALS DEFY CURFEW IN MENDHAR | | | Jammu, March 24
At least 26 policemen were injured and few transport buses were damaged by members of the majority community in Mendhar tehsil after they came out on streets defying curfew to regain claim of the disputed piece of land set free by district administration from their custody on Friday evening.
The district administration had earlier clamped curfew since early morning to prevent situation going completely out of hands.
Columns of army jawans carried out a flag march in the area at the behest of the civil administration and also appealed to members of both the communities to maintain communal harmony and peace in the area.
Divisional commissioner Jammu Pramod Jain also reached Mendhar and attended high level meetings with civil, police and army authorities to restore normalcy in the area.
According to reports reaching here in the winter capital the volatile situation took a dramatic turn when large of members of the majority community took to streets shouting slogans and regrouped to cary out construction wok at the disputed site.They chased away a handful of policemen before starting construction work on the site.
Tension prevailing in the area mounted further as leaders of various political parties tried to took our marches leading members of their community and fought pitched battles with police.
According to official sources, more than two dozen policemen were injured in incidents of stone pelting.”We resorted to use of teargas shells and fired several hundred rounds in air to disperse the mob, police officer said over telephone from Mendhar.
Members of the minority community alleging partsian role of police and civil administration took shelter inside religious place and were threatening to migrate from the area if local authorities failed to protect them.Meanwhile senior BJP leaders lead by state BJP chief Ashok Khajuria decided to call on chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to apprise him of the volatile situation in the area.
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