Pakistani flags flat on the roads as Indians vent ire after Pahalgam massacre
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
In response to the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, some people in parts of Dehradun, Vikasnagar and Haridwar expressed their anger by painting and pasting images of the Pakistani flag on the roads. In Haridwar, several Pakistani flags were found painted near Bhagat Singh Chowk late on Sunday. Police officials reached the spot and attempted to scrub off the paint but were unable to remove it completely. Authorities said they will investigate the matter further.
Similar acts were noticed in the Herbertpur area of Vikasnagar, where painted Pakistani flags were seen on the streets early Monday morning. In Dehradun city, several posters bearing the Pakistani flag were also found pasted on the streets of Paltan Bazaar. Shopkeepers said that they were unaware of who had put up the posters, stating that they noticed them only after opening their shops in the morning. However, many speculated that these acts might have been carried out by groups that identify themselves as protrctors of Hindus.
A similar protest was observed earlier near the Clock Tower in Dehradun, where people pasted posters of Pakistani flags on streets and then trampled them to express their anger following the Pahalgam attack. When this correspondent asked the Dehradun City Kotwali in-charge Chandrabhan Singh Adhikari about the incident, he stated that the police had not received any fresh report regarding posters being pasted in Paltan Bazaar. “It might be the old posters that were pasted during the earlier protest near Clock Tower. Some people had pasted those posters on the streets and walked over them to show their anger after the Pahalgam attack. No new incident has been reported to us today,” he said
