New Delhi, March 12 -- National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary narrowly escaped unhurt after an attempted gun attack outside a marriage hall on Wednesday night (11 March), officials said.

The attack occurred at the Greater Kailash locality in Jammu when Abdullah and Choudhary were leaving a marriage function.

They had attended the event to greet party leader B S Chouhan on the occasion of his son's marriage.

The alleged shooter, Kamal Singh Jamwal, a 63-year-old resident of Purani Mandi, reportedly waited outside the venue and attempted to open fire on Abdullah.

According to officials, two police personnel - an inspector and a sub-inspector - overpowered the attacker...