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Saffron outfit activists held for bid to burn Pakistan flag

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
Last Updated : May 03 2017 | 9:02 PM IST
Atleast 15 Hindu Maha Sabha activists were arrested here today, for attempting to burn a Pakistan national flag, protesting the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers by the neighbouring country.
The workers raised slogans against Pakistan and started kicking the flag, police said.
As they attempted to burn it, they were taken into custody, they said.
Two Indian soldiers, Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh of 22 Sikh Infantry and Head Constable Prem Sagar of 200th Battalion of BSF, were beheaded by Pakistani forces in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir on May 1.

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First Published: May 03 2017 | 9:02 PM IST

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