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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) advocated stringent punishment for each those progressive successful the "white collar" panic module and Delhi blast case, but urged that innocent civilians should not beryllium harmed.
"I raised the contented yesterday astatine the North Zone Chief Minister's league arsenic well. Union Home Minister was there, Union Home Secretary, CMs of northbound zone, governors, LGs, were there. I appealed to them to not spot each national of J-K, particularly each Kashmiri Muslim, with suspicion," helium told reporters aft visiting a infirmary successful Srinagar to inquire astir those injured in the accidental blast successful the Nowgam constabulary station connected Friday.
Mr. Abdullah had past week stated that those down the Delhi blast should beryllium fixed the strictest punishment, but emphasised that the full colonisation of Jammu and Kashmir cannot beryllium branded arsenic sympathisers of terrorism.
A blast successful an explosives-laden car, which was being driven by Dr Umar Nabi, who hailed from southbound Kashmir's Pulwama, adjacent the Red Fort successful Delhi killed 15 radical and injured respective others connected November 10.
The Chief Minister besides visited the families of those who mislaid their loved ones successful the accidental detonation and assured each imaginable enactment from the authorities successful this hr of grief.
Mr. Abdullah said portion those progressive successful the module, particularly successful the Delhi blast, beryllium arrested and fixed stringent punishment, "innocent people, who person nary transportation with it and person ever raised their dependable against violence, should not beryllium brought into this ambit".
The Chief Minister expressed anticipation that the Centre volition wage heed to what helium said.
Referring to the Nowgam blast, the Chief Minister said it is unfortunate that galore radical mislaid their precious lives and respective others were injured.
"The investigations are connected to ascertain the origin and wherefore it happened. I anticipation radical volition get answers, due to the fact that it should not happen. Such a immense quantity of explosives was brought here, successful which conditions was it transported and stored, and however was it being dealt with, we volition gradually get answers to each these questions, but I explicit my sympathies and condolences to each those families who mislaid their kin," helium said.
Mr. Abdullah said helium is grateful to the infirmary for reaching retired to the injured instantly aft the blast.
"They did not hold for the telephone call, saw the blast done their window, took retired their ambulances, and reached the spot earlier anyone else, and took the injured from there. Many of the injured are successful their hospital, 4 are successful ICU, I anticipation each of them get good and spell home," helium added.
Asked astir providing compensation to the families of the victims, the main curate bittersweet the authorities has already announced ex-gratia from the CM's alleviation fund.
"For the structural damage, I person talked to the MLAs, a lawsuit is being prepared and immoderate we tin springiness according to the procedure, we will, and the rest, due to the fact that the blast took spot successful the constabulary station, it is hoped that these location owners should get alleviation from the funds disposable with the Home Department and with the LG," helium said.
Asked if the authorities volition supply a occupation to the household of the tailor, Mohammad Shafi Parray, who mislaid his beingness successful the blast, Mr. Abdullah said his kin should get the job.
"There utilized to beryllium SRO (Statutory Rules and Orders) for specified cases, present its sanction has been changed, but the strategy is the same. A authorities occupation is provided arsenic compensation to the families of those killed successful specified incidents. I volition archer the authorities officers to process the lawsuit for the tailor's household and arsenic soon arsenic it comes to us, we volition o.k. it," the Chief Minister added.
