India News | 10 Arrested for Assaulting Priest, Women in J-K's Samba
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Police on Thursday arrested 10 assailants for allegedly assaulting a priest and a women after barging into a temple and a house in two separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said.
Jammu, Sep 21 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested 10 assailants for allegedly assaulting a priest and a women after barging into a temple and a house in two separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, officials said.
In two separate cases registered at Ramgarh and Bari Brahmana police stations, they have been booked for criminal trespass, assault and causing injuries and under Arms Act
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In the first case, two assailants - Shubam and Sourav - barged into the temple and brutally assaulted the priest, who has been referred to GMC hospital in Jammu, officials added.
In the second case, assailants forcibly entered a house in Palli village around midnight, physically assaulted a 70-year-old person and women, and damaged their house with a JCB brought from another district, they further said.
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(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)