Chanting slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai,' outstation students of National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, along with Jammu varsity students, staged a protest march in Jammu and demanded shifting of the institute.

Over 300 NIT students carrying banners and placards marched towards the Press Club of Jammu, amid chanting of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' .

They reached the Jammu last night and housed at Khalsa College ground. They demanded shifting of the NIT from Srinagar and withdrawal of all cases against non Kashmiri students of the NIT and providing full security to them.

The protesters shouted slogans 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'NIT shift karo' and took out a rally.

"We were kept hostage in NIT by the authorities and police and not allowed to move out...somehow managed to escape from the NIT and reached here", a protesting student said.

Students of Jammu University also held protests in support of the NIT students and blocked the road here. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party also held protest demonstration in support of the NIT student. In Katra too, students marched in the town in support of the NIT students demanding withdrawal of cases and security to the students and punishment to cops for cane-charge.