A person, who was reportedly inebriated, fired photographs at a marriage ceremony in Jammu and Kashmir the place Farooq Abdullah, president of the ruling National Conference, was current on Wednesday night, police mentioned, including he has been arrested.
A video from the location confirmed that the person got here from behind, pulled out a pistol and fired at Abdullah.
The attacker, recognized as Kamal Singh, was instantly overpowered and brought into custody. Videos from the scene confirmed folks thrashing him quickly after he was caught.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah mentioned his 88-year-old father had an in depth shave.
“Allah is kind. My father had a very close shave. The details are sketchy at the moment but what is known is that a man with a loaded pistol was able to get within point blank range & discharge a shot,” Junior Abdullah mentioned in a publish on X.
“It was only the close protection team that deflected the shot & ensured that the assassination attempt failed. There are more questions than answers at the moment including but not limited to how someone was able to get this close to a Z+ NSG protected former CM,” he added.
Senior Abdullah was accompanied by J&Ok deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary and Nasir Sogami, advisor to J&Ok Chief Minister.
Nasir Sogami mentioned that it was an try to kill Farooq Abdullah however God was sort that nobody injured in firing.
He mentioned they do not know the motive behind assassination try and whether or not it was a safety lapse.
“Right now we can’t draw any conclusions. God was so kind that we are safe. Farooq Abdullah is safe,” mentioned Sogami.
