Confrontation near madrassa in J&K leads to stone pelting, injuries; one man arrested

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One idiosyncratic was arrested astatine Kishtwar, successful the Chenab Valley, connected Monday (December 29, 2025), aft a clash betwixt 2 communities near a fewer radical injured.

According to the police, members of 1 assemblage were carrying logs from the jungle connected Sunday (December 28), erstwhile a log slipped and fell adjacent a madrassa successful Kishtwar’s Padyarna locality. “An altercation resulted betwixt 2 communities, which led to chromatic pelting, and a fewer radical sustained insignificant injuries,” the constabulary said.

The constabulary said a First Information Report nether Sections 125, 125(a), 191(2) of the BNS was registered. “Investigation has been taken up accordingly,” the constabulary said.

Meanwhile, the constabulary said a man was detained for uploading a video connected societal media and “trying to springiness it a communal angle”. The detained section claimed “it was an onslaught connected a spiritual place”.

Caution connected societal media

The constabulary asked the nationalist “to workout utmost caution and work portion utilizing societal media and different integer platforms”.

Meanwhile, erstwhile J&K Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah said the Centre should intervene implicit the reported “targeting of a mosque and a madrassa by chromatic pelters”.

“Evil exists and volition bash its work. But India is simply a secular country, wherever the Constitution gives each religion the state to tally its institutions. It is up to the Centre to usher the states to halt this,” Dr. Abdullah said.

Ban connected VPN

In the Kashmir valley, VPN services were barred successful Kulgam for information reasons.

The lawman commissioner of Kulgam ordered the suspension of VPN services with contiguous effect. The suspension was ordered “in presumption of the prevailing information concern and to debar imaginable misuse of VPN services, which whitethorn impede lawful monitoring and airs risks to nationalist safety,” the bid said.

“All residents of Shopian territory are requested to strictly adhere to the bid and cooperate with the territory medication and police. Any non-compliance oregon violations of the bid shall invitation strict ineligible enactment nether applicable provisions of law,” it added.

Meanwhile, a drone has been seized successful Poonch. Officials said constabulary recovered the drone successful a tract astatine Gohled colony successful the Mendhar assemblage connected Monday afternoon.

Published - December 29, 2025 10:03 p.m. IST

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