Pulwama attack: Mumbaikars show solidarity with CRPF martyrs

A candlelight protest, shut shops in several localities, prayer meets in schools and blocking of rail traffic at a suburban station were the various ways Mumbaikars Saturday showed solidarity with the 40 CRPF jawans martyred in the Pulwama terror attack.

Scores of people attended a candlelight protest organised by citizens' groups and several political parties on Saturday evening at the iconic Gateway of India here.

An emotionally-charged crowd at the venue shouted anti-Pakistan slogans and demanded that the Centre punish the perpetrators of the Pulwama terror attack and avenge the death of the paramilitary personnel.

Earlier in the day, a group of protesters blocked the railway tracks at Nalasopara station, part of Western Railway's Mumbai suburban network, to protest against Thursday's terror attack in restive Jammu and Kashmir.

Protesters got onto the tracks around 8.20 am and started raising slogans against Pakistan, leading to suspension of train traffic on the segment for almost three hours, officials said.

In a tweet, Western Railway (WR) said, "Several protesters have blocked the tracks at Nallasopara due to which train movement has been affected at Nallasopara & beyond. GRP, RPF are making efforts to convince the people & evacuate the tracks & normalize the train movement."