JAMMU: The alert security wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police averted a major assassination bid by overpowering a 63-year-old man from Jammu who opened gun fires on National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary during a wedding ceremony at posh Greater Kailash locality of Jammu city on late Wednesday evening.
The security wing of J&K Police showed exceptional professionalism to thwart the attack and once again upheld its commitment to safeguard the people of J&K.
Both Dr Farooq Abdullah and Surinder Choudhary escaped unhurt in an attack by a gunman outside a marriage hall in the outskirts of Jammu on Wednesday night, officials said.
“It is due to the swift and prompt action of the security Guards and J&K Police a major tragedy was averted”, the eyewitnesses said.
The accused, Kamal Singh Jamwal, a resident of Purani Mandi, was overpowered by security guards and was whisked away for questioning, they said.
The incident took place at posh Greater Kailash locality of Jammu when Abdullah and the deputy chief minister were coming out of a marriage function, the officials said.
They said the accused, who is in his 70s, was waiting outside the venue and tried to fire on Abdullah. However, two police personnel – an inspector Khursheed and a sub-inspector – overpowered him and later he was disarmed and taken into custody.
No one was injured in the firing, the officials said, adding Jamwal was allegedly in an inebriated condition.
Abdullah and Choudhary had come to greet party leader B S Chouhan on the marriage of his son, the officials said.
Meanwhile, the police statement reads that an attempt on the life of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah while he was attending a marriage ceremony here has been thwarted, police said.
“An attempt was made on the life of Farooq Abdullah when he was attending a marriage ceremony at the Royal Park in Greater Kailash, Jammu.
“The security deployed with the protectee immediately swung into action, thwarted the attempt and took the accused into custody, who was later identified as Kamal Singh, son of Ajit Singh, a resident of Purani Mandi in Jammu,” police said in a statement.
The pistol used in the crime has also been seized from the accused’s possession, the statement said.
“Further investigation is underway,” police said.
