Another picture of Omar Abdullah sporting unkempt beard surfaces on social media

This photo surfaced on social media on January 25, 2020.

The photo could not be independently verified by The Indian Express.

Omar, along with his father and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah and former CM and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti remained in detention. The PSA has been slapped against all of them.

Omar Abdullah’s ability to “convince his electorate to vote in huge numbers” and Mehbooba Mufti being “referred (to) as ‘Daddy’s girl’ and ‘Kota Rani’” for “her dangerous and insidious machinations and usurping profile and nature” are among the reasons cited by the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration for invoking the stringent PSA against the two former chief ministers.

Omar’s sister Sara Pilot, meanwhile, has moved the Supreme Court against his detention. The matter was adjourned to March 17 on Thursday. Seeking immediate release of her brother, Sarah’s petition stated: “It is rare that those who have served the nation as Members of Parliament, chief ministers, ministers in the Union, and have always stood by the national aspirations of India are now perceived as a threat to the state.”

It added that the grounds on which the detention has been ordered are “false and illusory to the extent of being non-existent and are not grounds within the contemplation”.