Srinagar May 9 (IANS) Kashmir University students on Wednesday held noisy but peaceful protests against the killing of an assistant professor in Jammu and Kashmir s Shopian district.
Scores of students gathered inside the campus shouting slogans and carrying banners in support of Muhammad Rafi Bhat a contractual teacher in the sociology department.
Bhat was killed along with four militants including Hizbul commander Sadam Paddar in a gun battle with security forces in Badigam village on Sunday. Six civilians also died in clashes with the security forces in south Kashmir that day.
--IANS
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