Over 2 lakh turn out for court arrests

Over two lakh people including a large number of women and Saints carrying tridents, a symbol of Lord Shiva and lathis, joined by a number of Muslims including Gujjars and Sikhs took to streets in entire Jammu region today offering themselves for arrest on first day of three days ‘jail bharo’ programme in protest against delay in restoration of 800 kanals land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).

People who offered court arrest being taken to MA stadium in SRTC buses on Monday.
Scene on the roads in Jammu City, its outskirts and peripheries looked as all people including men, women, children and youth including elderly citizens besides entire Sadhu Samaj like Saints, preachers, pujaris and priests had come out of their houses and religious places to offer themselves for court arrest in response to a call given by Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti (SAYSS) and voice their resentment against complete failure of Central and State Governments to hear the voice of the people, whose agitation for restoration of the land today entered into 50th day and a complete bandh in 27th day.

From Rajouri to Lakhanpur and from RS Pura to Doda there was no police station left across the Jammu region where people in thousands didn’t turn up to court arrest. Entire administration was completely left to the mercy of protesters especially in Jammu City and peripheries where people gate crashed into police stations, took control of entire complexes, hoisted tricolor and saffron flags, held ‘kirtans’ and put in place the pictures of Lord Shiva atop their roofs chanting ‘Bum Bum Bhole’, ‘Jo Hamse Takrayega, Choor Choor Ho Jayega’, ‘Hum Deewane Kahan Chale, Jail Chale Bhai Jail Chale’, ‘Jammu Ki Naariyan, Aag Ki Chingariya’, ‘Inqillab Zindabad’ and ‘Ek Do Teen Chaar, Bhole Aapki Jai Jai Kaar’