Omar Abdullah condemns Chennai man's killing in Narbal area on Srinagar-Gulmarg road, calls stone-pelters 'goons'

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has condemned the killing of a tourist hailing from Tamil Nadu in stone-pelting incident in Narbal area on Srinagar-Gulmarg road in Srinagar. Omar also lashed out at the state government saying the PDP-BJP ruling alliance was a failure. [caption id=“attachment_4332437” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. PTI[/caption] “We’ve killed a tourist by throwing stones at the vehicle he was travelling in. Let’s try and wrap our heads around the fact that we stoned a tourist, a guest, to death while we glorify these stone-pelters & their methods,” Omar said in a series of tweets. A 22-year-old tourist, R Thirumani, from Chennai was critically injured in a stone-pelting incident at Narbal on Monday morning. He was shifted to a hospital in Srinagar for treatment but succumbed to his injuries, police said. “This young man from Chennai died in my constituency & while I don’t support these goons, their methods or their ideology, I’m deeply, deeply sorry that this happened at all & that too in an area I’ve been proud to represent since 2014,” Omar said. The National Conference working president also wished speedy recovery to a girl from Handwara who was also injured due to stone-pelting. “I’m also pained to know that among the injured from the stone pelting in Narbal is a young woman from Handwara in North Kashmir. I pray she & the others injured make a quick recovery,” he said. Omar lashed out at the state government saying the PDP-BJP ruling alliance was a failure. “The J&K Govt has failed, the CM (Mehbooba Mufti) has failed, the BJP-PDP alliance has failed. How much blood will have to be shed in Kashmir before the Hon PM (Narendra Modi) realises the gravity of the situation in J&K? When will enough finally be enough?” he asked.