Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Mar 19: The students of Degree College, Mendhar today held strong protest demonstration against Pakistan for targetting civilians, killing five persons and causing injuries to seven others on Sunday.
The students of the college boycotted their classes and came out on the road at Mendhar at around 1 pm and then moved towards main Bazaar in the shape of a rally. They shouted slogans against Pakistan and demanded that both the Governments should try to restore peace on borders. They condemned the civilian killings and urged upon the Central Government to take up issue with the Pakistan.
The movement of vehicles was disrupted for about an hour with the protest of the students. The senior officers including Addl DC, Poonch Basharat Ahmed and SDPO, Riaz Tantray intervened and then the protesting students cleared the road and allowed movement of traffic.
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