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NEW DELHI: A day after Omar Abdullah resigned as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir following a sensational allegation of his involvement inthe 2006 sex scandal, pandemonium broke out once again in the state assembly on Wednesday with members of the opposition PDP demanding a judicial probe into Omar’s involvement into the scandal.
Just moments after the Speaker tabled CBI’s report which clears Omar’s name, members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) along with the chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was covering up for Omar Abdullah. Tearing the CBI’s letter that denies his involvement in the scandal and throwing it across the floor, Mufti created scenes of ruckus in the assembly, as she said, “CBI is covering up, we want a judicial probe.”
Earlier today, Speaker Akbar Lone said he had received a communication from the CBI to this effect. “Yes, I have received a letter from CBI director (Ashwani Kumar) stating that neither the chief minister nor Farooq Abdullah were involved in the sex scandal,” he said.
“…It is clarified that nine chargesheets have been filed in connection with RC(S)2006/SCR/III in competent courts against 17 persons. The name of Omar Abdullah does neither figure nor that of Farooq Abdullah in the list of accused persons chargesheeted in the case,” Lone quoted the CBI communication as saying.
The National Conference (NC) has moved a privilege motion against senior PDP leader Muzaffar Beig after he on Tuesday made the sensational allegation that the J&K chief minister was involved in the Srinagar sex scandal.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah resigned on Tuesday following the allegation and pressed for its acceptance if there is any basis in the charge.
Stunned by the allegation levelled by former deputy chief minister and PDP leader Beig, an angry and emotional Omar immediately announced his decision to resign till he was cleared of the “blemish” and shortly afterwards drove to the Raj Bhawan and tendered his resignation to Governor N N Vohra.
Meanwhile, members of PDP and NC clashed outside the J&K assembly after ruckus erupted today. Security forces were rushed in to take stock of the situation and control the agitating members.