Anupam Kher Stopped At Srinagar Airport By J&K Police, Denied Permission To Visit NIT Campus
Anupam Kher was all set to visit NIIT Srinagar to meet the students when he was stopped at the airport. According to Anupam Kher, he said that he was visiting Srinagar¡¯s National Institute of Technology (NIT) to express solidarity and provide moral support to the students.
In an interview, he said:
"I am visiting there at a personal level. It¡¯s a symbolic gesture as it is most important to show them solidarity. It's important to give NIT Srinagar students¡¯ moral support. I'm going there as a citizen to meet students."
ANI
However, on Saturday night, around 150 students, who left Delhi for NIT Srinagar with Tricolors, were detained by police in Lakhanpur of Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports now claim that Bollywood actor Anupam Kher too was stopped today morning at the Srinagar Airport. He was further told by the Jammu police to not enter the city at all.
Here's what Kher tweeted:
Asked J&K Police if I can visit my ancestral home or Kheer Bhawani temple. Even that is not allowed. Basically it is #AirportArrest
¡ª Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) April 10, 2016
I have been told by J&K police that I cannot enter Srinagar city at all. I have asked them to show me the orders. Still at the airport.
¡ª Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) April 10, 2016
Kher, who was not permitted to meet the students sent his wishes for students on Twitter!
Dear #NITSrinagar students: Your courage has been Loud & Clear. Now show victory with your exam results. I send you my love from d airport.
¡ª Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) April 10, 2016
Dear #NITSrinagar Students: Country loves & Salutes ur Nationalism & Courage. Keep it up. Work Hard & Good luck for your exams. #Blessings
¡ª Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) April 10, 2016
