Srinagar, July 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday trained guns at the JK police for trying to stop him from reciting Fatiha (prayers) in the memory of 22 "martyrs" who were killed for protesting against Maharaja Hari Singh's rule.

"We are nobody's slaves," Abdullah asserted, adding that he must be informed under which law he was stopped from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar's Naqshband Sahib. The Jammu and Kashmir CM said that despite attempts to stop him, he was able to recite prayers.

"I want to know under which law I was stopped. Restrictions were imposed only yesterday. They say that this is a free country, but they think that we are their slaves. We are nobody's slaves. We are only the slaves of ...