Anti-India slogans at retreat ceremony

October 03, 2016 01:17 am | Updated November 01, 2016 10:27 pm IST - Attari:

Anti-India slogans were raised from the Pakistani side during the evening retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border here on Sunday, prompting the BSF to register a protest with the Pakistan Rangers.

People seated in the viewers’ gallery on the Pakistani side raised anti-India slogans at least for 10 minutes, Indian officials posted at the Attari border said.

Officials said some stones were also thrown from the Pakistani side a few minutes before the beginning of the retreat ceremony. Officials said the BSF had a flag meeting with the Pakistani Rangers after the 50-minute ceremony ended. “There was sloganeering and unruly conduct by the spectators from the Pakistani side,” a BSF official said.

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