J&K

8 Including 4 Sarpanchs Booked in Bhaderwah For Protesting To Demand Road Connectivity

At least eight persons including four Sarpanchs and a government teacher have been booked in Bhaderwah for staging a protest for demanding road connectivity to their respective villages during an official visit of Farooq Khan, Advisor to LG Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday.

An official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they have been booked under Epidemic Disease Act 1997 for violating Covid-19 restrictions imposed in the district.

He said the several locals of various panchayats of Bhaderwah had assembled on Bhaderwah-Pul Doda road and blocked the road, demanding road connectivity to their panchayats.

The locals and sarpanchs have been booked under FIR NO. 118/2021 U/S 188 IPC,51 DM Act 2005 R/W Sec-3 Epidemic Disease Act 1997 for blocking the road at Kulshari near Petrol pump when Khan, advisor to LG was on way to Bhaderwah on an official visit to address public issues. (KNO)

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