Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Apr 6: Ramgarh Police today arrested husband wife duo for grabbing of six marlas of Auqaf land at Ramgarh market today who were going to construct a compound wall round it.
According to police soon after coming to know about the land grabbing by a mafia group in the area, a team from Ramgarh Police Station under the supervision of DySP SS Samyal and SHO Ramgarh reached the area and stopped the construction work and seized the entire material dumped by the encroachers. They were also accompanied by Tehsildar Ramgarh.
The husband- wife duo has been identified as Gurcharan, son of Lekh Raj and Sudesha Devi. The Police has registered a case under Section 447 A, 323, 147 and 149 against them on the basis of a complaint filed by one Harbans Lal.
Earlier the shopkeepers of the area also held a protest demonstration in the area and observed a bandh for two hours against the grabbing of Auqaf land by the mafia.
Police said that it will act tough against the land grabbers in the area and mafia will not be allowed to grab even an inch of State land or land belonging to any other institution.
The police will also invoke Section 145 if need be.
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