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Srinagar: Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah minutes after the death of Zahid Ahmad, a victim of Udhampur attack, tweets “ The Hon PM passed the buck on to @yadavakhilesh & the UP Govt for #Dadri. Who will he blame for #Zahid's death now???”

Omar also lashed out on state government and wrote on Micro blogging site that “And to think that all the state govt could do was to throw 10,000 rupees at #Zahid & wash it's hands off the whole thing #BeefMurder.”

Omar in his another tweet says that “Another needless death in the name of #BeefBan for which the BJP & its affiliates including allies are directly responsible.

Meanwhile, Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in South Kashmir against the death of Zahid Rasool and demanded accused to be punished strictly under law. The protests erupted from Zahid’s native village Batengo area of Khanabal, near Srinagar-Jammu highway. The official sources said that Zahid’s body is scheduled to arrive Srinagar today at 5 pm.