B L SarafIn a rather quick succession, last three weeks saw three incidents occurring in J &K which brought focus on the curse of duality that affects current state of administration in the UT. The underlying fault lines stand ignited. When the mystery surrounding death in police custody of Gujjar Makhan Din, in Billawar, was still to be resolved another tragedy struck the same area.
In Kashmir people protested against a fashion show organized when the winter games were going on in Gulmarg. Three civilians namely Yogesh, Darshan and Varun were killed in suspicious circumstances . Though the cause of their death is still not known but there is a suspicion that this could be a job of the terrorists.
Makhna Din is said to have committed suicide while in the custody of Kathua police. A section of the society felt outraged on this incident. Another section of the society raised concern on the second incident.
Omar Abdullah led local Government was in the dock for all the three incidents.The unfortunate incidents created an ugly situation. True to their character, politicians of all hues pounced up on the incident to further the political ends.
Legislative Assembly witnessed a ruckus.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, almost, threw up his hands in helplessness, lamenting that he was unable to do much in this regard , as law and order business was out of his purview and rested with the Union MHA. Local police too didn’t render much help to him, in as much as it adopted a position which.