STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar on Wednesday said that Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister are presently in Jammu and closely monitoring the situation that has arisen due to the Roop Nagar Temple incident.
Making a statement in the Legislative Council about the Roop Nagar incident that occurred yesterday in Jammu, the minister said, “On 14th June 2016, at about 4:30 PM, Police Station, Janipur received a reliable information that one person, namely Yasir, son of Khair Din, resident of Shiva, Doda entered into Aap Shambo Temple at Upper Roop Nagar Jammu and tried to cause damage to the said temple and defile the place of worship.
Upon this, the police party from Police Station Janipur rushed to the spot and brought the said person to the Police Station.
In the meantime, some locals/Pujari of the temple tried to stop the police personnel from discharging their duties. Later on some locals of the area and Pujari started protesting in front of the Police Station Janipur.
Subsequently, a large number of people gathered outside the P/S and started raising slogans, pelting stones and set on fire two police school buses, seized vehicles (03 Maruti 800 and 01 Bike) and one scooty of a Head Constable parked outside the P/S. Senior officers from civil and police administration rushed to the spot to control the situation.
The unruly mob was dispersed by resorting to mild Lathicharge and tear smoke.
Three police personnel of P/S Janipur including SHO P/S Janipur received
injuries while trying to disperse the mob.
Two cases viz FIR No. 51/2016 U/S 295 RPC and FIR No. 52/2016 U/S 435/147/148/149/341/427/336/332 RPC have been registered at P/S Janipur and investigation initiated.
Some accused persons have been arrested so far. The preliminary investigations suggest that the accused person who entered the temple is a lunatic patient.”
