Demolition Drive Leads To Clashes And Stone-Throwing In J&K, 6 Cops Injured

Hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area.

Six policemen, including an officer, were among eight injured after an anti-encroachment drive led to members of a nomadic clashing with cops in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Saturday. 

Bulldozers were used to demolish a mosque allegedly built on state land at Nagri village in the district. Residents of the area, largely Gujjar-Bakarwal nomads, resisted the demolition, clashing with the police and throwing stones at them.

Hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area.