‘Wanted to kill him for 20 years’: What we know about assassination attempt on Farooq Abdullah | India News – The Times of India

SRINAGAR: A 63-year-old man arrested for trying to shoot former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah at a marriage in Jammu stated in viral video he had been planning to kill Nationwide Convention president for the previous twenty years. Police haven’t confirmed the declare.“I needed to kill Farooq Abdullah for the final 20 years. It was my private agenda. I attempted in the present day however it did not occur. The weapon is my private weapon and it has been issued to me,” he stated. The accused additional says within the video he’s 63 and he isn’t doing any work.The SP metropolis south Jammu Ajay Sharma stated that there was a firing incident utilizing a licensed weapon at a wedding occasion the place former CM JK Dr Farooq Abdullah was additionally current. “It falls in JD of PS Gangyal. Accused is arrested and detailed investigation is happening. There isn’t a terror angle,,” Sharma wrote on X stating ex MP is unharmed.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir chief priest wrote on X “Information in regards to the try on Dr Farooq Abdullah Sahib’s life at a perform in Jammu is regarding and condemnable. Relieved to know that he escaped unharmed. That somebody with a loaded weapon obtained so shut and fired at him, must be completely probed.” Peoples Convention chairman and legislator Sajad Lone condemned the incident and stated “Condemn the cowardly firing at Dr Farooq sahib and Surinder Choudhary Ji and Nasir Aslam sahib. Due to Allah Almighty that they’re secure.” Whereas PDP legislator Waheed Parra described the incident as stunning. “It’s stunning and deeply unlucky to listen to in regards to the reprehensible assault on Dr. Farooq Abdullah Sb in Jammu. Violence towards such a veteran chief is completely unacceptable and condemned within the strongest phrases. Prayers for his security and lengthy life.”The ruling Nationwide Convention MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi condemned the incident calling it reprehensible.He acknowledged that such acts of violence are deeply regarding and emphasised that these accountable have to be handled strictly in accordance with the regulation.