SRINAGAR, Jul 13: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday set out from his home on foot to reach the party office here after police allegedly denied him escort vehicles and ITBP personnel cover.
He alleged the Jammu and Kashmir Police denied him his security escort vehicles and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) cover to visit the party headquarters.
There was no immediate reaction from the police.
Unfazed by the alleged denial, Abdullah set out to the office near Zero Bridge — around one kilometre from his residence in the Gupkar area — on foot. A handful of his special security group personnel — a wing of J-K Police responsible for guarding VVIPs — walked along with him.
The former J-K chief minister took to Twitter and posted a video of his walk.
“Dear @JmuKmrPolice don’t think that refusing to give me my escort vehicles & ITBP cover will stop me. I’ll walk to where I have to get to & that’s exactly what I’m doing now,” Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
After reaching office, where party leaders and activists were waiting for him, the NC vice president said the “police would now send everything” for his security.
“Now that I’ve got to the office & will go ahead with my programme you will send everything. The fact is @JmuKmrPolice has stopped a lot of my senior colleagues from coming to the @JKNC_ office today by adopting the same tactics of stopping them in their homes. Notable amongst those stopped are Abdul Rahim Rather Sb, @AliMSagar_ Sb, Ali Mohd Dar Sb and others,” he said.
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