Srinagar, June 25 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the perpetrators of Pahalgam attack were from outside and the two locals who have been accused of harbouring theterrorists were forced to do that. The NIA had arrested the two men on Sunday for allegedly harbouring the terrorists who killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam on April 22, the agency said on Sunday, marking the first set of arrests in connection with the terror attack. "The biggest thing is that there is no local involvement in the Pahalgam attack. Those who opened fire and killed 26 people were all from outside," Omar told reporters in Gulmarg. The NIA had said that Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, both Pahalgam residents, knew about the terror affiliations of the three gunmen and despite that provided them with shelter, food and logistical support in the days leading up to the April 22 attack. The duo has also disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and have also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the anti-terror agency has said. Abdullah said that the locals were coerced to providehelp. "As per NIA investigation, two such persons have been arrested who helped these people (terrorists) and, perhaps, NIA has also said that they were forced to provide help. They provided food and other things but they were coerced to do that," he said. CM Omar said he has no objections if the legislative assembly has to be dissolved and fresh elections are to be conducted after statehood is restored to Jammu and Kashmir. "I have read in a newspaper that statehood will be restored but assembly elections would have to be held afresh. Let them do it, who has stopped them," Omar said. "I know where the story has come from. I know who planted the story in a newspaper here.... it was planted only to scare the MLAs. This statehood is not for any MLA or the government. This statehood is for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and we MLAs will not be an obstacle in it," he said. "The day the state is established again, the next day we will go to the governor and recommend the dissolution of the Assembly," he added....