Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday tweeted that he and his family, including his father and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah, have been put under house arrest by authorities. The National Conference vice president also posted some pictures showing police vehicles outside the gates of his home in Srinagar.

“This is the “naya/new J&K” after Aug 2019. We get locked up in our homes with no explanation. It’s bad enough they’ve locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they’ve locked my sister & her kids in their home as well,” Omar wrote on Twitter.

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He also claimed that his house staff was not being let inside.

“Chalo, your new model of democracy means that we are kept in our homes without explanation but on top of that the staff that works in the house aren’t being allowed in and then you are surprised that I’m still angry & bitter,” he added in his second tweet.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had on Saturday also claimed to be put under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, a militant killed in an encounter in Parimpora, Srinagar in December 2020.

“Placed under house arrest as usual for trying to visit the family of Athar Mushtaq killed allegedly in a fake encounter. His father was booked under UAPA for demanding his dead body. This the normalcy GOI wants to showcase to the EU delegation visiting Kashmir (sic),” she wrote on Twitter.