India, April 24 -- Commercial establishments and educational institutions remained closed in Punjab's Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala districts on Thursday to protest the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, most of them tourists, on Tuesday.

Responding to a call given by Hindu organisations, most shopkeepers and traders observed a bandh in Hoshiarpur district.

Led by Mohan Lal 'Lucky' Thakur, state secretary of the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, members of Hindu outfits took out a march in Hoshiarpur, which passed through different markets of the city.

The protesters raised slogans against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and cross-border violence, appealing to shopkeepers to close their establishments in a show of solidarity.

They a...