Police halt demolition drive in Jammu briefly to retrieve national flag

“Police briefly halted a demolition drive to remove two table-top national flags from the building being demolished on the outskirts of Jammu city on Saturday, May 23, 2026,” officials said.

“Police officials stopped the demolition briefly and ensured that the Tricolor was removed from the building with due respect before the operation continued,” an official said.

The incident took place during the ongoing demolition drive of properties allegedly belonging to a suspected drug dealer identified as Bablu in Miran Sahib area on the outskirts of the city. A video has emerged on social media purportedly showing a police officer removing two tabletop national flags from a room during the demolition operation.

According to officials, the demolition team, led by sub-inspector Rinku Sharma, stopped the operation and sent a police officer to the building to collect the national flags before resuming work.