Jammu and Kashmir National Conference protested against the custodial killing and were led by senior leaders Ali Muhammad Sagar, Nasir Sogami and Mubarak Gul.
Senior leader NC, Nasir Aslam Wani said the death of youth in custody is condemnable and to carry out a protest today was aimed to convey a message that such killings are unacceptable to the people of Kashmir.
“Though such killings have taken place in the past but now, the era has changed and it is unacceptable to people of Kashmir as we have moved far much ahead from the previous scenario,” he said.
Chanting anti-BJP slogans they demanded “exemplary punishment” to the killers of Rizwan.
The protesters marched from party headquarters at Nawa-e-Subh complex towards Lal Chowk. However, they were stopped by a posse of police at Tourist Reception Centre.
In old city traders marched on roads demanding strict action against the ‘killers of Rizwan.’
With inputs from Basharat Rashid, Ovais Gull