India, March 12 -- Farooq Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president, had a narrow escape from an assassination attempt at a wedding function in Jammu on Wednesday night.

The firing incident happened at Greater Kailash area when Farooq Abdullah and deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary were leaving a marriage function, as HT reported earlier.

The shocking attempt was caught on CCTV camera, footage of which showed the gunman approaching Abdullah from behind and firing a shot at him from very close range.

The security deployed Abdullah thwarted the attempt and took the accused - identified as 63-year old Kamal Singh Jamyal - into custody.

"The security deployed with the protectee immediately s...