Take ‘extra care’ to prevent targeting of Kashmiri students, Omar Abdullah urges other CMs

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday urged his counterparts elsewhere in the country to “take extra care” to ensure that Kashmiri students outside the union territory are not targeted in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

Abdullah was responding to a post by National Conference spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, who urged the chief minister to take note of videos on social media showing the alleged harassment of Kashmiris in other parts of the country.

Abdullah said he was in touch with his counterparts in states from which such reports were originating.

The terror attack in Pahalgam killed 26 persons and left 17 others injured on Tuesday. This was the first major attack targeting civilians in Kashmir since the Union government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019.

The J&K government is in touch with the governments of the states where these reports are originating from. I’m also in touch with my counterpart Chief Ministers in these states & have requested they take extra care. https://t.co/oMTx06o08Y— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 24, 2025

In the wake of the attack, a Hindutva group named Hindu Raksha Dal on Tuesday gave an ultimatum to Kashmiri Muslims to leave the state by Wednesday, The Indian Express reported.

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