5 cops among 9 injured in Kathua clashes

Jammu, January 9

Nine persons, including five cops, were injured today in clashes between the people belonging to two communities in Kathua district, following which three persons have been arrested.

There were clashes between the people belonging to two communities over some issue in the Haria Chak border area of the district, police officials said.

The police had to resort to cane-charge and teargas shelling to bring the situation under control, they said.

Additional police force had been deployed in the area to maintain calm, they added.

Kathua SSP Pawan Parihar said the situation had been brought to normalcy and investigation into the incident initiated. -- PTI