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22 people travelling under disguise of truck cleaners caught on J-K highway

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Press Trust of India Udhampur/Jammu
Last Updated : Apr 23 2020 | 6:18 PM IST

Twenty-two people travelling in Kashmir-bound trucks under the disguise of cleaners were nabbed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in the Union Territory's Udhampur district and sent to a quarantine facility on Thursday, officials said.

During a checking, the district administration and the police caught 22 people disguised as truck cleaners on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Udhampur, they said.

Police lodged FIRs against them and all of them were put under quarantine, they added.

"We have kept a close watch to understand all possible modus operandi. People are coming without declaring their travel history on entry points, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla said.

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First Published: Apr 23 2020 | 6:18 PM IST

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