Farooq, Dy CM unhurt after gunman attack; accused held
12/03/2026
JAMMU, Mar 11: 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 report, officials said the incident occurred outside a marriage hall in the outskirts of Jammu.
The accused, Kamal Singh Jamwal, a resident of Purani Mandi, was overpowered by security guards and was detained for questioning, officials said.
Police officials added that the firing incident occurred in the posh Greater Kailash locality of Jammu when Abdullah and the deputy chief minister were coming out of a marriage function.
Abdullah and Choudhary had come to greet party leader D S Chouhan (Advocate) on the marriage of his daughter, the officials added.
They said the accused, who is in his 70s, was waiting outside the venue and tried to fire at the JKNC chief.
However, 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.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the son of Farooq Abdullah condemned the attack and raised questions over the level of security.
'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. 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," said Abdullah on X.
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