Uttarakhand: 4 kanwariyas held in separate incidents of vandalism, blocking highway in Haridwar
Dehradun (PTI): Police have arrested four Kanwariyas in separate incidents on charges of vandalism and creating a ruckus by blocking the Delhi-Haridwar National Highway in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district on Monday, officials said.
On Monday morning, some Kanwariyas in Bahadarabad created a ruckus near the Rohalki flyover on the Delhi-Haridwar National Highway "over some trivial matter" and obstructed traffic by putting up barricades, they said.
Upon receiving information, Jwalapur Police Circle Officer Avinash Sharma reached the spot and tried to talk to the Kanwariyas blocking the route. However, some began abusing the police personnel. They pelted stones at them and at vehicles passing by, police said.
According to the police, the Kanwariyas were later dispersed using mild force, and two of them were arrested for stone-pelting while others fled.
They were identified as Abhishek (21), a resident of Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Yash Singh (18), a resident of Sector 73, Noida.
Police said a case has also been registered against other unidentified individuals for obstructing the national highway, using abusive language against the police, and pelting stones.
In a second incident, police arrested two Kanwariyas while investigating a video showing vandalism at a shop near Shiv Vishram Griha in Har Ki Pauri.
Police said the accused vandalised the shop following a minor dispute over buying glasses.
The video showed the Kanwariyas smashing glasses kept in the shop with sticks. Broken glass was also scattered on the road.
The accused were identified as Mukesh alias Jhandu (34) and Mukesh alias Kana (20), both residents of Fatehabad in Haryana.
A case has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Further investigation is underway, police added.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
