232 days after my detention today I finally left Hari Niwas. It’s a very different world today to the one that existed on 5th August 2019.
Srinagar/ New Delhi:
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was released today after nearly eight months in detention in Kashmir, posted in his first tweet that it was “a very different world today” to the one that existed on August 5, when he was placed in detention.
The former Chief Minister was detained along with hundreds of politicians in August, when the centre decided to end special status to the former state of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.
“232 days after my detention today I finally left Hari Niwas. It’s a very different world today to the one that existed on 5th August 2019,” tweeted Omar Abdullah, who turned 50 on March 10. He was seen emerging from the Hari Niwas guest house near his official home in Srinagar, sporting a white beard and surrounded by people in masks on account of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Abdullah had resolved not to shave until he was released as a mark of protest.