Video exhibits shooter concentrating on former CM from behind
3 min learnSrinagarUp to date: Mar 12, 2026 12:02 AM IST
A gunshot was fired from shut vary in the direction of former J&Ok chief minister and Nationwide Convention president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday evening. Abdullah, who was attending a marriage within the Larger Kailash space of Jammu, was not hit. An official phrase from the police on the incident is awaited.
Police have taken the suspect into custody. A video purportedly exhibits the shooter approaching Abdullah, who’s in an entourage, from the rear and capturing close to his ear.
“Allah is sort. My father had a really shut shave. The small print are sketchy in the mean time, however what is thought is {that a} man with a loaded pistol was in a position to get inside point-blank vary and discharge a shot. It was solely the shut safety group that deflected the shot and ensured that the assassination try failed. There are extra questions than solutions in the mean time, together with however not restricted to how somebody was in a position to get this near a Z+ NSG-protected former CM,” J&Ok CM and Farooq’s son Omar Abdullah posted on X.
J&Ok’s deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary and advisor to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Nasir Aslam Wani, had been additionally on the wedding ceremony. Exterior the venue, BJP’s Choudhary informed reporters that it is a main safety lapse and “nobody from the native police was on the occasion”.
“When officers of the federal government, together with a former CM, are current at an occasion, how did somebody enter with a weapon? This ought to be questioned,” he mentioned.
CM’s advisor Wani mentioned, “Let the investigation get underway; there’s a suspect in custody, and fortunately Dr sahab is totally advantageous.”
Nationwide Convention spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq mentioned he had spoken to Farooq AbdullahChoudhary and Wani, and all three are “protected and advantageous”.
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Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra posted on X: “Strongly condemn the surprising firing incident on former CM Farooq Abdullah saab and different senior leaders reported in Jammu right this moment. Such acts of violence are deeply disturbing and lift severe considerations concerning the prevailing safety situation within the area.”
“The growing criminalisation and lawlessness can’t be ignored. These entrusted with sustaining regulation and order have to be held accountable. The individuals deserve security, stability, and a safe atmosphere, and it’s the duty of the administration to make sure that such incidents usually are not repeated,” he wrote.
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