Srinagar, Sept. 6 -- PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday defended the vandals of the stone plaque at the revered Assari Sharief Hazratbal Shrine, saying that it is not right to call these people terrorists and individuals involved were "overcome with emotions."

Mufti held the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board and its members responsible for the escalation of the event and demanded action against them under Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), claiming what they did was an act of "blasphemy."

Her remarks came after a viral video had surfaced showing a mob defacing the national emblem inscribed on the foundation stone of the shrine, which is undergoing reconstruction and redevelopment under the Waqf Board.

Addressing a press confere...