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| Tension in Kathua as mob torches truck carrying livestock | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: A mob in Kathua district on Monday set ablaze a truck alleging that livestock was being illegally transported in the vehicle. Protestors blocked Jammu-Pathankot highway prompting the police to use batons and fire teargas shells to disperse them.
Tension prevailed in Hiranagar area after the incident at village Pathwal and additional police personnel were deployed there.
A group of people stopped the truck carrying the livestock and set it ablaze after "rescuing" the livestock an official said.
According to police, the driver and the conductor of the vehicle abandoned the vehicle on noticing the mob and escaped. It was not immediately clear whether the livestock was being transported legally or not, but the protesters blocked the main road demanding stern action against the persons accusing them of bovine smuggling, the officials said.
A large contingent of police was rushed to the village to restore order but the protesters refused to disperse and also tried to block the Jammu-Pathnakot highway near Dayalachak, after which the cops fired teargas shells and used batons to disperse them, an official said, adding two persons suffered minor injuries in the violence.
"The situation in the area is tense but under control," the official said adding the traffic on the highway was going on smoothly.
A case was registered in this connection and further investigation is on, the officials said. Kathua is about 80 km from Jammu. |
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