India, July 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday slipped through security barricades and jumped over the boundary wall of Mazar-e-Shuhada (Martyrs Memorial) to pay tributes to Kashmiris killed while protesting Dogra rule in 1931.

Omar Abdullah said that he was stopped by the security forces from reaching the memorial in the Old City of Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir observed Martyrs on Sunday, July 13. The CM said he came on Monday without informing anyone, as he wasn't allowed to do so on Sunday, and claimed that he was put under house arrest.

"It is unfortunate that by the orders of those who claim their responsibility is to maintain law and order, We were not allowed to read the Fatiha here yesterday. People we...