Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday (July 28, 2025) visited the bereaved family of Gujjar youth Parvez Ahmad, who was killed in a crossfire when police were chasing suspected peddlers in Jammu city.

Mr. Abdullah on Friday (July 25, 2025) called for an investigation into the incident and said that the use of force by police has to be calibrated and not “indiscriminate”.

The Chief Minister who flew in from summer capital Srinagar to Jammu went straight to the house of the deceased Gujjar youth to express his condolences.

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He was accompanied by Minister Javed Rana and his advisor Nasir Aslam Wani.