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Tension gripped the border town of Poonch after members of a community torched vehicles belonging to another community during an encroachment drive,police said.
The trouble rose when government land was being vacated by a team of district officials,police and village defence committee members in Kunaya village in Poonch district late last night,they said.
During the drive,over 200 members of a community pelted stones at the team and raised religious slogans,they said.
The mob also hurled stones on houses belonging to a particular community and burnt several motorcycles triggering tension,they said.
Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to bring the situation under control.
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