Omar hoped a fence to reach the martyrs’ cemetery: ‘Policemen sometimes forget the law’. Bharat News

Speaking to the media after paying tribute, Omar said that political leaders were closed in the “clear” directions of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday. He said that “we are no slaves of anyone”.

After reaching Srinagar from West Bengal, the CM was kept in custody at his secret residence on Sunday.

“(On Sunday), I informed the control room that I wanted to visit (cemetery), and within minutes, the concertina wire was laid around my house. It remained there till midnight,” Omar told reporters. “Today (Monday), I did not tell them. Without saying anything to them, I sat in the vehicle, and saw their shameless – even today they tried to stop us. They tried to scramble with us. These policemen sometimes forget the law,” he said.

Omar asked which law the police tried to stop him and his associates. “If there was any order, it was for yesterday (Sunday). They tried to stop us, but we thwarted their efforts and offered Fateha (prayer),” Omar said. “They say this is an independent country, but sometimes they feel that we are their slaves. We are not someone’s slaves. If we are someone’s slaves, these are people.”

A swipe at LG, he said, “Those who say their only responsibility is security and law and order, in his clear directions we were not allowed to come here to offer Fateh (tomorrow),” he said.

Omar said that LG’s administration and security agencies have been misunderstood about the martyrs of July 13. “He feels that his graves are here only on 13 July,” he said. “How long will they stop us, if it is not 13, it’s 14. Whenever we want to come, we will remember these martyrs.”

Omar was with his father and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chaudhary and many other ministers and party leaders.