NEW DELHI: The Centre today told the Delhi High Court it cannot give Government accommodation on security grounds to Payal Abdullah, estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and it is for Delhi Police to ensure her safety for her stay in the national capital.
The submission was made by MHA during hearing of Payal’s plea to retain the bungalow in Lutyens zone, where she is residing now with her two sons, on the ground of having ‘Z’ and ‘Z plus’ security.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the Government accommodation, on security grounds, is given only to SPG protectees.
It said that “general threat to them is perceived from Kashmiri millitants for being the family member of Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah, and in Delhi their threat quotient is assessed to be not as high as in Kashmir”. (AGENCIES)
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