Jammu: Close shave for Farooq Abdullah, deputy CM as man opens fire; shooter held

JAMMU: (Mar 12) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary had a narrow escape in an attack by a gunman at a marriage function here on Wednesday night, officials said.

The incident took place when Abdullah along with the deputy chief minister and chief minister’s advisor Nasir Aslam Wani were leaving the venue at posh Greater Kailash area in the outskirts of the city, the officials said.

The accused, identified as Kamal Singh Jamwal, a resident of Purani Mandi, was overpowered by two officers of security wing of J&K Police -- an inspector and a sub-inspector -- when he approached Abdullah from behind with a pistol and opened fire at him.