Srinagar: Locals on Tuesday held Candle-light marches in south Kashmir’s Anantnag and Pulwama district against the killing of an Udhampur resident in a suspected militant attack yesterday in Jaglat Mandi area of Anantnag town.
As per reports, a sizable number of civil society members gathered at prominent locations in Anantnag and Pulwama carrying banners and candles as a mark of protest, denouncing the killing of Deepu Sharma on Monday evening.
The local citizen demanded that the assailants be dealt with an iron fist for this unforgivable crime against a particular community and humanity at large.
The marches in both the districts continued when this report was being filed.
(GNS)
