A 35-year-old chemist named Amarjit Sharma was found dead with his throat slit open near his house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Sharma’s murder sparked protests by his grieving relatives and neighbours, who demanded immediate arrest of the unidentified culprits, officials said on Monday.

Sharma was found dead outside his house in Mela village by his family late Sunday night after they started searching for him when he did not return home, the officials was quoted as saying by PTI.

Hundreds of people, carrying Sharma’s body, blocked Jammu-Pathankot highway and the nearby railway track in nearby Hiranagar area around 9 am this morning, the officials further said on Monday.

Following the murder, hundreds of people, carrying Amarjit Sharma’s body, blocked Jammu-Pathankot highway and the nearby railway track in nearby Hiranagar area on Monday morning. The Police and local authorities assured the protestors that a case has been registered and investigation is on, after that assurance, the protestors dispersed.

(With inputs from PTI)