Srinagar, Sept. 8 -- CPI(M) leader and MLA Kulgam M Y Tarigami said that the detentions of locals over the Hazratbal Dargah incident were unfortunate and avoidable.
He said that lodging an FIR against several people, who reacted spontaneously to what they felt was meddling with a religious place and had hurt their emotions and sentiments, was unjustified.
"It wasn't really necessary, nor was it any case of national security, to arrest people. If at all an FIR was to be filed, it should have been against those who provoked people in the first place by placing the emblem plaque at a religious institution," he said.
Tarigami added that such actions were "highly provocative and unnecessary," as the shrine is deeply connected to people's emot...