Man held for firing gun at former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah

A man was arrested after he opened fire at a wedding function in Jammu on Wednesday, targeting former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, ANI reported.

Farooq Abdullah was unharmed in the incident, which took place in the Greater Kailash area when he and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary were leaving the event, the Hindustan Times reported.

The person arrested has been identified as 63-year-old Kamal Singh Jamwal, ANI quoted the Jammu and Kashmir Police as saying.

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… https://t.co/hYBe64Eigl— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 11, 2026

“The security personnel of J&K Police and [National Security Guard], who were deployed with the protectee, immediately swung into action and thwarted the attempt,” the police said, adding that the firearm was recovered from the accused.

Jamwal told the police that he had been planning to kill the National Conference chief for the past 20 years, India Today reported.

“Today, I got the opportunity [to kill Farooq Abdullah],” India Today quoted him as...

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