Srinagar May 11 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday distanced himself from a controversial comment made by his party legislator about the killing of Lt. Ummer Fayaz.
Talking to Times Now channel National Conference MLA Abdul Majid Larmi had said: Nobody knows who killed Lt. Ummer.
Reacting to the same Omar Abdullah expressed his views on twitter: I neither endorse nor do I condone what the MLA Homshalibugh (Larmi) has said to a news channel. He had no business making unsubstantiated claims.
Omar went on to say: If the channel is going to take a byte from a person who they know is only speaking in his personal capacity that s the channel s problem.
That said I hardly think I owe anyone least of all the channel concerned an apology for views that are neither mine nor my party s Omar wrote.
The 22-year-old Lt. Ummer Fayaz commissioned into 2 Rajputana Rifles in December last year was on the first leave of his career to attend the marriage of his cousin when militants abducted him on May 9. His bullet-riddled body was found on Wednesday in Shopian district.
A day after the dastardly murder of the unarmed officer the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi arrived in Srinagar to take stock of the security situation.
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Omar distances from MLA s comment over killing of Lt Ummer
