Massive protests were conducted in Jammu on Friday by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad protesting alleged police violence and the detention of ABVP workers during a demonstration held here on August 26.
The protests interrupted traffic in Jammu city and on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, according to the police.
Protest Against oxygen project
ABVP has been opposing an oxygen plant project on the land given for the construction of a higher secondary school and a district hospital.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Jammu city on Friday, calling for the suspension of the Ramban SHO and a magisterial investigation into the police’s “thrashing” and detention of the group’s activists. They chanted anti-police slogans and sat on a dharna in the city for nearly two hours, obstructing traffic flow.
The police then detained a number of them and cleared the protest scene. “We took the precautionary measure of arresting them. “They have stopped traffic, thus this cannot be called a peaceful protest,” said Mohita Sharma, the city’s SP.
ABVP activists staged a demonstration on Thursday night to protest the construction of an oxygen plant on land set aside for the construction of a higher secondary school and a district hospital. The demonstration was also attended by BJP leaders.
The Chenab Times News Desk