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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah turned 50 on Tuesday drawing a parallel with his grandfather who also reached this milestone age while in incarceration.

Omar’s well-wishers, including his sister Safia Abdullah Khan, took to social media sites to wish him birthday greetings. “Wishing my brother, Omar, a very happy 50th birthday,” Khan tweeted.

Omar, who is the vice-president of Kashmir’s oldest political party National Conference, remains under detention under the Public Safety Act and is lodged at a sub-jail in the city here.

During his detention, which began on August 5 when a major crackdown was launched to prevent protest against the abrogation of Article 370, Omar has grown a long beard that has dramatically changed his appearance.