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DEHRADUN: Over 20 girl Kashmiri students residing in a city hostel were forced to confine themselves to their rooms after a group of locals and fringe activists surrounded their hostel and demanded its owner to "throw them out. The situation is under control,” he said adding ‘logo ke sentiments hain.’ (these are people’s sentiments)The growing protests against Kashmiri students in Dehradun come in the backdrop of the killing of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a suicide attack claimed by militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad. We called the police which arrived immediately but failed to disperse the mob. The crowd is scary and we are so much afraid that we aren’t able to open the room to have lunch,” she added.According to the police, the crowd which gathered outside the hostel around 4pm was disbursed at around 8pm. Talking to TOI, DG L&O, Ashok Kumar said that situation is under control and nothing untoward happened at the spot.“Some locals have told police that some hostel residents have raised pro-Pakistan slogans from the terrace after which locals got agitated..