Srinagar, Oct 18 (KNS): National Conference working President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday lashed out at PDP-led government in state over the death of Zahid Rasool Bhat, who succumbed to his burn injuries received in an attack by petrol bombs by hooligans in Udhampur on October 9.
In a series of tweets, Omar wrote that the government had tried to evade responsibility of the killing of Zahid by paying money to his family.
“And to think that all the state Govt could do was to throw 10,000 rupees at #Zahid & wash it’s hands off the whole thing #BeefMurder,” Omar wrote on the social networking site.
Omar said that the chances of Zahid’s recovery were girm as per the doctors.
“I met him yesterday & though he was sitting up & communicating doctors were non-committal about his chances.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelPrayers with #Zahid’s family,” he sid.
“Zahid, the trucker petrol bombed in Udhampur in the name of beef protest, has died in Delhi earlier this morning. May Allah grant him Jannah (heaven),” Omar wrote.
The NC leader also hit out at BJP and attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweets and asked him that whom he would blame now for killing of Zahid.
“The Hon PM passed the buck on to @yadavakhilesh and the UP Govt for #Dadri. Who will he blame for #Zahid’s death now? Another needless death in the name of #BeefBan for which the BJP and its affiliates including allies are directly responsible,” he tweeted. (KNS)