J&K CM Omar Abdullah faced police obstruction while attempting to pay tribute at Srinagar’s Naqshband Sahib shrine, leading to a physical confrontation and his scaling of a wall to access the site. Authorities had sealed the shrine and placed politicians under house arrest, intensifying the standoff between the elected government and the Centre-appointed administration.
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