- RT @BDUTT: Minor drama in srinagar as a shoe hurled at Omar narrowly misses him. Reportedly, He says in his speech "throw shoes not stones"!
- A police officer hurled a shoe at CM Omar Abdullah during the Independence Day function at Bakhshi Stadium stadium in J&K!
- Abdul Ahad Jan, now, is in hospital because of high blood pressure soon after being arrested for throwing his shoe at CM Omar Abdullah.
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Abdullah, who was taking salute from contingents of marching security personnel at the Bakshi Stadium in the heart of Srinagar, did not stir when Abdul Ahad Jan threw the brown shoe from behind. It landed on the grassy ground in Abdullah's front, without hurting anyone.
Later, in a clear reference to unending stone attacks on security forces in the Kashmir Valley, Abdullah said light-heartedly that it was better to throw shoes instead of stones as this would not hurt anybody.
"This is a better way of showing protest," Abdullah said in Urdu.
Abdul Ahad Jan, in civilian dress, was arrested and later branded mentally unsound. According to a police officer's statement, Abdul Ahad Jan is a suspended head constable belonging to (south Kashmir's) Kulgam district and already has a criminal case pending against him.
