Muslims step out to condemn

Thousands of Muslims on Friday hit the roads in south Mumbai's minority-dominated Bhendi Bazaar area and condemned the terror strike. Spontaneous shutdowns were observed in other parts of the city as well.

Muslims led by leaders of several NGOs took out a procession on Mohammed Ali Road -- south Mumbai's trading hub -- carrying the Indian Tricolour, banners, placards and raising anti-Pakistan and anti-terror slogans this afternoon.The entire area observed a total shutdown and reverberated with slogans of "Pakistan Murdabad", "LeT Murdabad","Down with Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed" and "JeM Murdabad" as thou-sands peacefully staged protest marches in Saifee Jubilee Street, Handiwala Mos-que and Sunni Bilal Mos-que here.

Earlier in the day, the Maharashtra government announced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh to the families of two troopers from Maharashtra martyred in the Pulwama attacks.