Overview

• Video from Friday showed worshippers breaking a newly installed marble inauguration plaque bearing the national emblem inside the Hazratbal shrine during Eid‑e‑Milad.
• Police registered FIR No. 76 at Nigeen police station, citing provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.
• Authorities said suspects are being identified and security around the shrine has been reinforced.
• Waqf Board chairperson Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi condemned the act as a ‘terrorist attack,’ urged PSA detentions and arrests, and threatened a hunger strike if cases are not pursued.
• Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said government emblems have no place in religious sites, urged an apology over the plaque, and National Conference and PDP leaders pressed for restraint rather than punitive escalation.