By Muzaffar Raina
Tensions flared in a Jammu locality on Wednesday after a Right-wing group allegedly tried to impose restrictions on shopkeepers selling meat.
Police had to intervene to prevent a clash between the two sides.
The confrontation has come amid rising tensions in the region that began with the protests against Muslim admissions to a medical college run by Mata Vaishno Devi University, resulting in its closure.
Many politicians have since called for the Union Territory to be split up.
Shiv Sena leader Manish Saini and his supporters on Wednesday visited Gujjar Nagar, a Muslim-majority locality in Jammu city, and asked vendors to conceal the meat behind a black screen.
The intervention triggered protests by locals, who questioned his credentials to enforce such restrictions.
An agitated protester claimed that some of Saini’s supporters had asked them to shut their shops. He said the Shiv Sena leader had turned into a law enforcer.
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