'Chalo NIT': 150 youths, who left Delhi for Srinagar with Tricolors, detained by J&K police

Lakhanpur: In a major development, around 150 youths, who left Delhi for NIT Srinagar with Tricolors, have been detained by police in Lakhanpur of Jammu and Kashmir.

The detention of the youths took place on Saturday night.

Earlier, around 150 students on Saturday had embarked on their journey from Delhi to Srinagar to show solidarity with the non-Kashmiri students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Jammu and Kashmir, following the unrest at the institute.

Holding the national flags, the youths led by Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena's head Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga commenced the protest march in the morning from Rakabganj Gurudwara here to reach NIT Srinagar.

Bagga, in a press statement said, two buses and seven cars have been arranged for the youths participating in "Chalo NIT" rally. They will reach Srinagar on Sunday.

"Seeing the tense situation in Jammu and Kashmir, we will hand over national flag and show that it is not a crime to hoist the Tricolour in the state. We want to show our support to the non-local NIT students who stood up for the nation and were brutally bashed up by the locals and the police," Bagga said in the statement.