Overview

• Jammu and Kashmir Police registered a case citing Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions on breach of peace and rioting, with the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act also invoked.
• Local outlets reported that more than a dozen people have been detained as investigators identify those seen damaging the inauguration stone after Friday prayers.
• Waqf Board chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi condemned the act, urged FIRs, and sought use of the Public Safety Act against participants, while likening the incident to terrorism.
• Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned using a state emblem in a place of worship and sought an apology from the Waqf; Mehbooba Mufti called the installation blasphemous and pressed for action under Section 295-A against those who approved it.
• Religious body MMU said plaques and symbols violate mosque norms and urged restraint over punitive measures; the NC demanded Andrabi’s dismissal under the State Emblem Act as BJP figures condemned the defacement and pushed for strict action.