Omar, Mehbooba express strong objection to using community halls as security barracks in J&K

Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have lashed out at the government after a few community halls in Srinagar were taken over by the CRPF to use as barracks.

NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “regressed” to such an extent that community halls built during his tenure as chief minister of the erstwhile state were being used as barracks for security forces.

“My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. It's disappointing to see the security situation in the city has now regressed so far that new bunkers are being constructed & the marriage halls are being used as barracks for security forces,” he wrote on Twitter.