Jammu, Mar 14: Jammu Police have launched a high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unravel the shocking attempted firing on former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, spotlighting security lapses at a bustling wedding venue earlier this week.
The drama unfolded March 11 around 10:10 PM at Greater Kailash banquet hall, where the National Conference president was exiting a marriage function.
A bold assailant flashed a revolver from point-blank range, but alert close-security personnel foiled the attack, saving Abdullah’s life in the nick of time.
An FIR under BNS provisions and Arms Act now drives the probe at Gangyal Police Station, with IGP Jammu Bhim Sen Tuti tasking DIG JSK Range-supervised SIT—led by SSP Sanjay Sharma, SP Irshad Hussain Rather, and DySP Arvind Kumar Sambyal—to deliver swift, airtight findings on the gunman’s motives and backers
