Srinagar/April,10: Raising questions over remarks made by two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in support of accused in Kathua rape and murder case, National Conference Working Peesident and former Ch8ef Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said ‘mob was emboldened by their words’.
Omar’s response came in reaction to Jammu and Kashmir police filing FIR against the Kathua based lawyers who obstructed the crime branch officials while filing challan against the accused in the case.
Lauding police action, Omar said two BJP ministers are responsible for instigating mob, who later masqueraded as lawyers obstructing officials to file challan.
In his remark on social networking website, Twitter, Omar wrote: “While appreciating action by @JmuKmrPolice against the Kathua mob masquerading as lawyers let’s not forget the mob were emboldened by the actions/words of two BJP ministers in @MehboobaMufti’s cabinet. What about action against them?”
The two BJP ministers- Chander Prakash Ganga, who holds Industries and commerce portfolio and Chowhary Lal Singh, who hold forest and ecology portfolio in present PDP led coalition government in the state had made remarks in favor of the accused in the case, and had also demanded that the case to be shifted to CBI.