New Delhi, June 24 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Adullah on Tuesday defended the local residents, after the National Investigation Agency arrested two Kashmiri men for "harbouring the terrorists responsible for the deadly April 22 attack in Pahalgam". Talking to reporters, CM Abdullah said, "No local involvement in Pahalgam attack, those local residents arrested by NIA were forced to help the terrorists".

Two Kashmiri men have been arrested by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) for harbouring the terrorists responsible for the deadly April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives, mostly tourists.

The accused, Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, both residents of Pahalgam, were produ...