MUMBAI: Shock and anger over the IED blasts that killed nearly 45 CRPF jawans in Pulwama, J&K, Thursday reverberated 2,150 km away in Mumbai. Impromptu bandhs were called across shopping enclaves, candle marches held in residential localities, events and celebrations cancelled.The surge of emotion variously evoked calls for retaliation against Pakistan, withdrawal of MFN (most favoured nation) status to that country, and a boycott of its singers and musicians in our film industry. Some voices demanded a ban on Chinese goods citing China's "abetment" of Pakistan. The fury spiraled as word came that two martyred soldiers Nitin Rathod and Sanjay Rajput hailed from Buldhana in the state.In South Mumbai, shops in Bhendi Bazar observed a bandh as the arterial road was filled with protestors shouting "Pakistan Murdabad". Raza Academy and Ulama-e-Ahlesunnat led demonstrations to show solidarity. Members of the Bharat Bachao Andolan assembled at the Hutatma Smarak near Azad Maidan to voice their upset.Many functions were cancelled or postponed. Actor Shabana Azmi and her husband writer Javed Akhtar called off their trip to Karachi for the birth centenary celebration of her father, poet Kaifi Azmi . The inauguration of a study centre at Eidgah Maidan was put off. In Versova, the trustees of the Children's Welfare Centre (CWC) deferred the school's annual day event scheduled Saturday. The Royal Western India Turf Club interrupted its Mumbai Races at Mahalaxmi racecourse for an obituary. Racegoers, trainers, horse owners and jockeys observed a minute's silence.In Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri, a residents' association LOCA held candlelight vigil near the Ganesh immersion tank. A few kms away at Amar Jawan Chowk in Goregaon East, a candle march was organised at dusk by Team Ample Mission.On the eastern flank, outside Bhandup railway station Shiv Sena supporters burnt an effigy of Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan. In Ghatkopar, MLA Ram Kadam led approximately 500 men to set the Pakistani flag afire. "We held the tricolour, not party flags, and called slogans urging prime minister Narendra Modi to launch another surgical strike against that country," Kadam said.The Shiv Sena unit in Vasai-Virar burned the Pakistani flag too. Activists and passersby raised slogans against the Jaish-e-Mohammed at Panchvati naka in Ambadi. In Kalyan (East), Shiv Sena leader Mahesh Gaikwad led a bandh. His supporters swarmed the streets and demanded that the Central government avenge the death of the soldiers. BJP MLA Narendra Pawar with his supporters assembled at Shivaji chowk. Shopkeepers voluntarily closed their stores and autorickshaw drivers did not ply their vehicles.Meanwhile, a tour operator named Gem Tours suspended all packages to Kashmir in "solidarity" with the martyrs' families. It continued services to Leh & Ladakh region in Jammu & Kashmir for these regions remain peaceful.

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