Srinagar, June 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that this year's restriction on helicopter service for Amarnath Yatra was unusual and could send a wrong message to the rest of the country.

"Amarnath Yatra is a good thing. We also want the Yatra to go well. The only strange thing is that this time the helicopter service is not being allowed," Omar said while speaking to reporters outside Srinagar airport after receiving the first batch of Hajj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia.

He said this was the first time in many years that such a restriction had been imposed. "There is a wrong message about this going to the rest of the country. I do not have the intelligence inputs on which this decision was m...