RAJOURI/JAMMU, June 29 -- Sikh youth organisationsstaged protests today inRajouri, Nowshera, Sunderbani, and Jammu, condemning thePoonch district administration's failureto protect minorities Sikh and Hindu families from harassment bycommunal elements deeply penetrated in the wings of local administration.
The protests were triggered by aviral videoin whichNaveed Ahmad, aPatwari of Halqa Shindhara (Tehsil Haveli, District Poonch), is seenabusing and religiously insulting the Sikh community. Protesters claimed that Naveed, agovernment employee in the Revenue Department, isinciting communal hatredand allegedlytampering with land recordsof minorities. They criticized the administration for onlyattaching him to the officeinstead of taking stro...