India News | Protests Held at NIT-Srinagar over Social Media Post Hurting Religious Sentiments, Case Filed | LatestLY

Srinagar, Nov 28 (PTI) Protests were held at the National Institute of Technology here on Tuesday over a student’s social media post allegedly hurting religious sentiments, following which police filed a case, officials said. The protesters demanded stringent action against the non-local student who has been sent home on leave, they said. Also Read | Wolf Spider ‘Lays Eggs’ in British Tourist’s Toe During Cruise Holiday in France. The students blocked both the gates of the institution, located in Nigeen area of the city, and raised slogans inside the campus, officials said. Police reached the spot to try and pacify the protesting students who claimed that the social media post had hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims, they said. Also…

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