Jammu, March 13 -- National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday described his narrow escape from an assassination attempt as an act of divine intervention, while raising serious questions over the "total absence" of police deployment at a high-profile wedding where the incident took place.

"I am fine and God has saved me," Abdullah told PTI on Thursday morning.

The assailant, identified as 63-year-old Kamal Singh Jamwal, reportedly told investigators he had been waiting two decades for an opportunity to kill Abdullah as he had a "personal motive"

"I do not know that man, nor has anyone ever told me anything about him. As for what his motive was. how would I know what it could have been?" he told reporters at his resid...