CM blames stone pelters for curfew

SRINAGAR, June 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today justified the imposition of curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar city, in the aftermath of destruction of a revered shrine on Monday, blaming the incidents of stone-pelting for the harsh measures.�Why don�t you blame the stone pelters? If I was (were) so keen to �curfew you�, I�d have done it without the stone throwing�, Omar wrote on the micro-blogging site twitter.Com.Omar was responding to criticism over the curfew-like restrictions imposed in six police station areas of the old city as a preventive measure following violent clashes on Monday that left over 50 persons injured.The clashes broke out after the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib Shrine at Khanyar was gutted in a fire incident.Responding to a �taunt� that �in Kashmir CM stands for Curfew Minister�, the Chief Minister responded, �Enjoy yourselves. You have to find something to amuse yourselves, so have fun�. PTI