SRINAGAR: Union home minister
Amit Shah got the bulletproof shield removed before addressing a rally at Baramulla in north
Kashmir on Wednesday, saying he wished to speak to the people directly.
Shah later visited Uri and met the family of Mudasir Sheikh, a policeman who had died during an encounter in Baramulla in May, and assured them of all possible support from the government.
In the evening, the home minister, accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha, paid obeisance at Gurudwara Chati Patshahi in Rainawari area of Srinagar.