Jammu: Six people have been arrested for allegedly attacking guards and workers at a construction site in Samba district and looting construction materials, police said on Wednesday.
A complaint in the case was lodged on Monday by Sudhir, a representative of Shivalaya Construction Limited. According to the complaint, around a dozen individuals attacked the company’s site in Sarore village along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway during the night of October 12–13.
The mob reportedly stormed the site around 12:15 am, pelting guards and workers with stones before assaulting them with sticks and rods. They also vandalized CCTV cameras, lights, vehicles, and other site infrastructure, including a camper vehicle, before fleeing with building materials, police said.
A case was registered at Bari Brahmana Police Station, and an investigation was launched. Acting on leads, police apprehended six accused — Sadiq Ali, Mushtaq Ahmed, Gulab Din alias Gaya, Mohd Farooq alias Bothu, and Bagh Hussain, all residents of Sarore Adda in Bari Brahmana, and Mohd Shareef, originally from Jammu.
During interrogation, four of the accused — Mushtaq Ahmed, Gulab Din, Mohd Farooq, and Mohd Shareef — confessed to their involvement and revealed the locations where the stolen materials were hidden. Based on their disclosure, police recovered a large quantity of construction material from Mohd Farooq’s house and additional items from a site near a local cremation ground, officials added.
