Workers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused the government of being lax with the security of former J&K Chief Minister and party president Mehbooba Mufti, a day after she had a narrow escape in a car accident. However, the J&K police refuted these allegations.
Scores of PDP workers held a dharna at the party headquarters in Jammu and said that they “smell a conspiracy in relation to the security of Ms. Mufti”.
“Ms. Mufti was first allowed to visit Poonch recently and then stopped from meeting the victim families (whose kin allegedly died in security forces’ custody). She was forced to walk eight kilometres on the Topa Pir road that has witnessed frequent militant attacks in the past,” a PDP leader said.
