Srinagar : J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday slipped through security barricades and jumped over the boundary wall of Mazar-e-Shuhada (Martyrs Memorial) to pay tributes to Kashmiris killed while protesting Dogra rule in 1931.
It is unfortunate that by the orders of those who claim their responsibility is to maintain law and order, We were not allowed to read the Fatiha here yesterday. People were kept confined to their homes. When the gates were opened and I informed the control room that I wanted to come here, a bunker was set up in front of my gate and it was not removed till late at night. Today I did not tell them at all. Without telling them, I sat into the car (and drove here), Abdullah said.
Looks more like theatrics than true devotion.
— Oxomiya Jiyori 🇮🇳 (@SouleFacts) July 14, 2025
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah jumped over the boundary wall of Mazar-e-Shuhada claiming he was stopped by security forces from offering prayers.
He says he didn’t inform anyone as he was under house arrest on Martyrs’ Day (July 13).… pic.twitter.com/HV2yRKXqHH
The National Conference leader said that the security forces tried to stop him from reaching the memorial even today, and asked under which law it was done. Look at their shamelessness. Even today, they tried to stop us. We parked the car at Nowhatta Chowk. They put a bunker in front of us and tried to manhandle us. These policemen in uniform sometimes forget the law. We are not anyone’s slaves. If we are slaves, we are the people’s slaves, he added.
A group of Kashmiri protestors were shot at by the forces of the then-Maharaja Hari Singh Dogra outside the Srinagar jail on July 13, 1931. The protestors supported Abdul Qadeer, who was lodged in jail for calling on Kashmiris to rise against the Dogra ruler and was charged with sedition.
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