Police halt demolition drive in Jammu briefly to retrieve national flag

“Police briefly halted a demolition drive in the outskirts of Jammu metropolis on Saturday (Could 23, 2026) to take away two tabletop national flags from the constructing being pulled down,” officers mentioned.

“The police officers stopped the demolition for a quick interval and ensured that the Tricolour was taken out of the constructing with due respect earlier than the operation continued,” an official mentioned.

The incident occurred throughout an ongoing demolition drive in opposition to properties allegedly belonging to a suspected drug peddler, recognized as Bablu, in the Miran Sahib space on town’s outskirts. A purported video displaying a policeman taking out two tabletop national flags from a room throughout the demolition drive surfaced on social media.

In accordance to officers, the demolition staff, led by sub-inspector Rinku Sharma, paused the operation and despatched a policeman contained in the constructing to retrieve the national flags earlier than resuming the drive.