Farooq Abdullah, J&K deputy CM unhurt after assassination attempt; accused held| India News
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on were unhurt in an attack by a gunman on Wednesday. As per a PTI report, officials said the incident occurred outside a marriage hall in the outskirts of Jammu. Two police personnel – an inspector and a sub-inspector – overpowered him, despite this, the accused managed to fire one shot before he was disarmed and taken into custody. (ANI Screengrab ) The accused, Kamal Singh Jamwal, a resident of Purani Mandi, was overpowered by security guards and was detained for questioning, officials said. “An attempt was made on the life of Farooq Abdullah when he was attending a marriage ceremony at the Royal Park in Greater Kailash, Jammu. The security deployed with the protectee immediately swung into action, thwarted the attempt and took the accused into custody, who was later identified as Kamal Singh, son of Ajit Singh, a resident of Purani Mandi in Jammu,” police said in a statement. Abdullah and Choudhary had come to greet party leader B …
