SRINAGAR: Police today thwarted a bid by three men from Delhi to enter the NIT here for hoisting the national flag at the campus which has been witnessing clashes and tension since April one.
The three were part of a group of about 150 people from Delhi who were intending to go to NIT and had avoided their detention in Jammu yesterday when all others were stopped from proceeding ahead.
The trio were detained just outside the main gate of the institute as they pulled out the national flag and tried to enter the campus, a police official said.
He said one of the detained person has been identified as Tejinder Singh Bagga.
“We have come from Delhi to hand over the tricolour to the students (for hoisting) but police has snatched the flags from us,” Bagga told reporters before he was taken into custody.
He said over 150 activists had started from Delhi to march to the NIT but most of them were detained in Jammu. “Only three of us made it to Srinagar,” he added.
Before being whisked away in a police vehicle, Bagga was confronted by some local residents who accused him of trying to vitiate the atmosphere in the NIT campus. (AGENCIES)
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