Two policeman injured in attack by illegal sand miners in Jammu

Two policemen were injured in an attack by a group of people involved in illegal sand mining in the Tawi river on the outskirts of Jammu city officials said on TuesdayOne person has been arrested in connection with the incident which took place on Monday evening police saidActing on a complaint about illegal mining in the Kukdiyal area a mining department team assisted by police rushed to the spot When the police personnel tried to seize the machinery a large number of people close to the illegal miners came to the spot and attacked them the police saidTwo policemen suffered minor injuries in the attack Additional police force was rushed to the spot and one person was arrested The machines used by the illegal miners were seized they saidA case has been registered in the matter and a hunt is on to arrest the remaining accused they saidAlso readGot 35 lakh party workers in Maharashtra says Bharat Rashtra SamithiMeanwhile an earthquake of magnitude 54 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmirs Doda on Tuesday the National Center for Seismology NCS saidThe earthquake occurred at 133 pm todayEarthquake of Magnitude54 Occurred on 13062023 133342 IST Lat 3315 amp Long 7582 Depth 6 Km Location Doda Jammu and Kashmir India tweeted NCSTremors of the earthquake were also felt in the national capital and parts of north IndiaFurther details are awaitedA local from Srinagar said The earthquake scared school children People in shops rushed out It was scary This was more intense than the tremors last weekEarlier on June 9 an earthquake of 39 magnitude struck the Union Territory of Ladakh according to the NCSThe quake occurred on June 9 at 102357 IST Lat 3564 amp Long 7662 Depth 10 Km Location Laddakh India according to the NCSOn the same day an earthquake of 37 magnitude hit Assams Tezpur at 1005 amAccording to the National Center for Seismology NCS the earthquakes epicentre was 39 km west of Tezpur and it occurred at a depth of 10 kmEarthquake of Magnitude37 Occurred on 09062023 100559 IST Lat 2660 amp Long 9240 Depth 10 Km Location 39km W of Tezpur Assam India tweeted NCSNational Center for Seismology NCS is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring of earthquake activity in the country NCS maintains National Seismological Network of more than 150 stations each having state of art equipment and spreading all across the country Agencies