At least 50 youths were detained in Jammu while demanding the early conduct of written examination for the posts of Jammu Kashmir Police Border Battalion advertised in 2019.
The angry protesters also condemned the recent re-advertisement of the posts by the police recruitment board and sought its withdrawal.
On Tuesday morning, hundreds seeking recruitment in the police border battalion appeared at Dogra Chowk and later blocked the Tawi bridge on Jammu-Airport road for nearly two hours. This triggered massive traffic jams in the city. “Police was immediately rushed to the scene and used mild baton charge before detaining over 50 protesters,” an official said.
On January 27, the border battalion aspirants submitted a memorandum to the divisional commissioner, Jammu and apprised him of the issue.
In their memorandum, the aspirants said that they applied for the post of head constable advertised by the J-K Police recruitment Board in 2019 and appeared in physical and medical tests.
They expressed concern over the re-advertisement notice issued by the board for recruitment of head constables in the border battalion and demanded the withdrawal of the same, besides seeking early conduct of the written examination of already qualified candidates as per the 2019 advertisement notice.
The protesting unemployed youth said they have been waiting for the last three years for the conduct of written tests but were surprised by the fresh advertisement notice. (Agencies)