TIL Desk/National/J&K/ Jammu High Court Bar Association on Wednesday struck work over various issues including demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Kathua rape-cum-murder case and deportation of Rohingya immigrants, leading to disruption of normal life across the region.
The brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl has polarised the normally peaceful town of Jammu, with the local Bar association calling for a bandh against what it termed the “targeting of minority Dogras” while the state police had lodged a case against lawyers who allegedly tried to prevent it from filing a chargesheet against the accused.
Markets in Jammu city wore a deserted look as shops and schools remained closed while skeletal public transport was seen plying on various routes. Majority of the private educational institutions also remained closed as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident.
