Srinagar: National Conference president and Union Minister Omar Abdullah on December
5 condemned the killing of brother of slain Jammu and Kashmir Law Minister Mushtaq
Ahmad Lone and said his party workers had become "sitting ducks" for militants under
the Mufti Sayeed government.
Expressing shock over the tragic incident of militants gunning down Ghulam Mohiuddin
Lone alias Kaka Lone at Sogam in North Kashmir, Omar said that the new state
government had been "deliberately" cutting down on the security of his party workers
despite the fact that they were "the most wanted lot by the militants".
"The fact that militants have been after us for long was enough a problem for us but
now it is coupled by the vindictive nature of the new state government, whose
decisions have reduced my party workers to sitting ducks or militants to come and
kill," Omar said.
Claiming that several of his senior party leaders had been deprived of security,
Omar said "today's incident of gunning down of Lone is a glaring example to
substantiate" his charge.
PTI
