Srinagar, July 14 -- Resisting police personnel who were stopping him from visiting Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar's old city, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah along with his party leaders scaled a wall and paid tributes to Kashmiri protesters who were shot dead by Maharaja Hari Singh's Dogra forces on July 13, 1931.
A day after widespread restrictions and house detentions, Omar, accompanied by his father and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, the Deputy Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, and senior party leaders, visited the Martyrs' Graveyard and offered Fatiha and floral tributes.
Launching a scathing attack on the Lieutenant Governor-led administration for attempting to stop National Conference leaders from...