Srinagar, July 28 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday lashed out at Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti for her "banta hai" statement saying she justified injustices in Kashmir under the name of militancy. Omar said Mehbooba should apologise to the people of Kashmir.

"Kis lehaz se banta hai (how is it justified). Is it because there is militancy, the law should not apply here or youth should not get justice here, and since it is militancy people's passports should be stopped. I don't understand how it is justified," he said.

At Jantar Mantar last week, Mehbooba had condemned the police action in Delhi and said: "It is not just Delhi police but their dangayis (rioters) were with them, using police batons and uniforms with...