Mutilation of soldiers: Residents of Anand paint Pak flag on road in protest, police register case

The residents of Anand city in Gujarat painted Pakistan’s flag on road to protest killing and mutilation of Indian soldiers in Krishan Ghati of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

Later, the police officials painted it white and registered a case against a person who had done it. The police officials are investigating the matter.

People are staging protests across the nation since the soldiers bodies were mutilated by the Pakistani troops. Pakistani special forces team had sneaked 250 metres across the Line of Control (LoC) into the Poonch sector and beheaded two Indian security personnel.

Residents in Gujarat's Anand painted Pak flag on a road, to protest mutilation of 2 soldiers.Later police painted it white,registered a case pic.twitter.com/h1zQ2MTRfY

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The Indian Army had vowed an "appropriate" response to the "despicable act", which significantly took place a day after Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had visited some areas along the LoC and promised support to the Kashmiris.

The Pakistan army had denied that it was involved in any attack.

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