Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:50am on 12 Mar 2026,Thursday India
National Conference chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah survived a gun attack during a wedding function in Jammu on Wednesday night. The incident happened at Royal Park in the Greater Kailash area. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary was also present at the event. Police arrested the accused, identified as Kamal Singh, a 63-year-old resident of Jammu. He allegedly fired using his licensed gun. During questioning, Singh told police he had planned the attack for many years. “I wanted to kill Farooq Abdullah for the last 20 years. It was my personal agenda,” he said. Police are investigating how the accused reached close to Abdullah. (PC: X)
