Omar condemns killing of Bhaderwah youth allegedly by cow vigilantes

Srinagar: Condemning killing of young allegedly by cow vigilantes in Bhadarwah in Jammu region last night, National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that ‘the frequency and severity of cow vigilante violence has been a dreadful hallmark of Modi-led central government’.
Expressing sympathies with the grieved family, Mr Abdullah, who is the former chief minister of the state, said, “I urge the incumbent administration to initiate a time bound inquiry into the incident and bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book. Mean time I also urge the people to maintain traditional camaraderie and brotherhood. In this hour of grief, I pray for strength to the bereaved to bear the loss.”
He said that the self anointed vigilantes knowing that there is no one to reprimand them are rampantly indulging in such gruesome acts. “The utter laid back attitude of the incumbent central and state government gives an impression that there is a tacit alliance between the two,” he said.
“The incident of Bhadarwah cannot be singled out; yesterday a Muslim in Assam was coerced to eat pork.  Had the incumbent central government properly reined in these elements, such incidents would not have been recurring time and again,” he added.