Kashmiri Sikhs on Thursday took out a protest march inSrinagar against the thrashing of a Sikh driver in Delhi earlier this week.
An eye witness said that over a dozen members marched fromGurdwara Singh Sabha, Amira Kadal to Press Enclave in the city.
The protesters affiliated with ‘Gurmut Taksal’ were carryingplacards with messages like ‘make some laws to protect the religious symbols’and ‘Turban: it is an identity, a promise and an honour’.
They demanded stern action against the Delhi Policepersonnel who thrashed the driver. “A law should framed so that our religiousidentity is respected,” demanded a protester.
In a purported video clip that has gone viral on social media, a number of Delhi policemen were seen thrashing a Gramin Sewa driver, Sarabjeet Singh, and his son Balwant Singh with batons and dragging them on road in the Mukherjee Nagar area.