Srinagar/April,6: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday questioned the silence of separatist leaders on the recovery of decapitated body of a Hajin resident abducted by suspected militants.
Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, 25 was abducted yesterday from his home when suspected militants had barged inside his house, and a day after his decapitated body was spotted by locals in an orchard. Police blamed a local militant affiliated with Lashker-e-Taiba outfit behind the killing
Without naming any separatist leader, Omar in a series of tweets on Friday said he is not surprised that no shutdown call was issued to protest Manzoor’s killing.
“Any shut down call or call for “peaceful protests” for Manzoor Ahmed who’s decapitated body was found in North Kashmir after he’d been abducted & killed by militants? No? I’m not surprised,” wrote Omar on micro blogging site, Twitter.
Omar also said that a deliberate attempt to term the perpetrators as “unknown gunmen” is to give them a safe escape.
“The “unknown gunmen” are conveniently termed to give cover to those who don’t want to/can’t criticise terrorist crimes,” he said.
Saying “it is so easy to flow with the tide, much tougher to swim against it,” Omar wrote: “What happens to “Kashmir Solidarity” and wanna be Imran Khans when people like Manzoor are inhumanly butchered…”
