Former Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference took to Twitter on Sunday claiming that he along with his father who is sitting MP from Srinagar has been disallowed to move out by police. Omar in his tweets also uploaded pictures of police vehicles put outside his gate at Gupkar Road Srinagar.
Taking a jibe at BJP, he said that this is the “‘Naya Kashmir” with new norms on the ground. In his tweet, he said, “This is the ‘Naya/new J&K’ after Aug 2019. We get locked up in our homes with no explanation. It’s bad enough they’ve locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they’ve locked my sister & her kids in their home as well”.
Reacting to his tweets J&K police said that due to the adverse inputs on the ground all the VIP movement was discouraged and added that they were pre-informed about such move. J&K administration has not responded to the tweets of both Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.
“Today is 2nd Anniversary of dreaded Lethpora terror incident. There shall be no ROP on the ground. Due to adverse inputs, movement of VIPs/Protected persons has been discouraged and all concerned were informed in advance not to plan a tour today (sic),” the Srinagar Police tweeted.
Omar claimed that even his sister and her kids were detained in their house and his home staff were not allowed to move in by police. In another tweet he said, “Chalo, your new model of democracy means that we are kept in our homes without explanation but on top of that the staff that works in the house aren’t being allowed in and then you are surprised that I’m still angry & bitter”.
Mehbooba Mufti was detained on Saturday at her Gupkar residence as she uploaded a video talking to policemen stationed outside her gate why she was stooped to move out. Mehbooba said that she was scheduled to visit the family of Athar Mushtaq who was killed in the alleged fake Srinagar encounter and recently his father Mushtaq Ahmad was booked under UAPA for holding a protest in his native village of Pulwama to get back the dead body of his son for a decent burial.
“Placed under house arrest as usual for trying to visit the family of Athar Mushtaq killed allegedly in a fake encounter. His father was booked under UAPA for demanding his dead body. This is the normalcy GOI wants to showcase to the EU delegation visiting Kashmir”, Mehbooba said in her tweet.
After the encounter police refused to give the bodies to families as it is now a norm that these local militants are buried by police in Sonmarg hills in order to avoid any law and order problem.