'Wanted to kill him for 20 years': What we know about assassination attempt on Farooq Abdullah

SRINAGAR: A 63-year-old antheral arrested for attempting to sprout erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir main curate Farooq Abdullah astatine a wedding successful Jammu said successful viral video helium had been readying to termination National Conference president for the past 2 decades.

Police person not confirmed the claim.“I wanted to termination Farooq Abdullah for the past 20 years. It was my idiosyncratic agenda. I tried contiguous but it didn't happen. The limb is my idiosyncratic limb and it has been issued to me,” helium said. The accused further says successful the video helium is 63 and helium is not doing immoderate work.

The SP metropolis southbound Jammu Ajay Sharma said that determination has been a firing incidental utilizing a licensed limb astatine a matrimony enactment wherever erstwhile CM JK Dr Farooq Abdullah was besides present.

"It falls successful JD of PS Gangyal. Accused is arrested and elaborate probe is going on. There is nary panic angle,," Sharma wrote connected X stating ex MP is unhurt.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir main clergyman wrote connected X "News astir the effort connected Dr Farooq Abdullah Sahib's beingness astatine a relation successful Jammu is concerning and condemnable. Relieved to cognize that helium escaped unhurt. That idiosyncratic with a loaded limb got truthful adjacent and fired astatine him, needs to beryllium thoroughly probed."

Peoples Conference president and legislator Sajad Lone condemned the incidental and said "Condemn the cowardly firing astatine Dr Farooq sahib and Surinder Choudhary Ji and Nasir Aslam sahib.

Thanks to Allah Almighty that they are safe." While PDP legislator Waheed Parra described the incidental arsenic shocking. "It is shocking and profoundly unfortunate to perceive astir the reprehensible onslaught connected Dr. Farooq Abdullah Sb successful Jammu. Violence against specified a seasoned person is utterly unacceptable and condemned successful the strongest terms.

Prayers for his information and agelong life."The ruling National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi condemned the incidental calling it reprehensible.He stated that specified acts of unit are profoundly concerning and emphasised that those liable indispensable beryllium dealt with strictly successful accordance with the law.