The police said they resorted to firing in the air and tear gas shelling as the protesters refused to go away despite warnings by deputy commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan and the DPO. — AFP/File
MANSEHRA: The police cleared the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road in Kaghan area of protesters by using tear gas early on Friday.
Led by district police officer Asif Bahadur, the police personnel also arrested around a dozen of hotel owners for blocking the road against the ongoing anti-encroachment crackdown in Kaghan valley.
The police said they resorted to firing in the air and tear gas shelling as the protesters refused to go away despite warnings by deputy commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan and the DPO.