An attempt was made to assassinate former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday at point-blank range. Farooq Abdullah, accompanied by J&K deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary and Nasir Sogami, advisor to the J&K Chief Minister, came to attend the wedding. He later claimed he had wanted to kill Abdullah for 20 years and had used his own licensed gun. "I wanted to kill Farooq Abdullah for the past 20 years. "Today, I got the opportunity, but he (Farooq Abdullah) was lucky to survive," he told the police, according to PTI.

Source: dna March 12, 2026 02:28 UTC