Srinagar: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher was allegedly denied entry into Srinagar city by Jammu and Kashmir police after he landed at the airport on Sunday morning.
In a series of tweets he alleged that the police have detained him at the airport but he has asked them for the official orders.
The actor earlier this morning said that he was visiting Srinagar’s NIT to express solidarity and provide moral support to the students.
Meanwhile, a group of 150 activists from 12 states, trying to enter Jammu and Kashmir to express solidarity with protesting non-local students of NIT were stopped by authorities on Sunday and urged them call off the march. The marchers carrying the national flag entered the state at Lakhanpur in Kathua district to move to the Valley to express solidarity with the protesting students.
District administration officials including the district magistrate and the senior superintendent of police (SSP) reached the spot and asked the marchers not to proceed further.
"Without using any force, the officials of the district administration succeeded in persuading the marchers to call off the march," an officials said, adding that "the marchers insisted they wanted to move to the Valley to hoist the national flag inside the NIT in Srinagar."
Tension was simmering in NIT, Srinagar, after India lost the World T20 semi-final to West Indies, where some engineering students from outside the state claimed Kashmiri students had chanted anti-India slogans and burst firecrackers to celebrate West Indies victory of Team India.
The NIT authorities said the campus has been closed and the students have been asked to vacate the hostel. To control the situation, officials closed the institute's entrance and did not allow anyone to enter. The police had to be called in after efforts by the NIT officials to control the situation and disperse the crowd failed. The police baton charged the protestors and fired teargas to bring the situation under control.
