A man has been gunned down by security personnel after he tried to enter the residence of Jammu and Kashmir former chief minister Farooq Abdulla on Saturday. He rammed his car and entered the lobby of Abdullah's residence in Jammu before being shot dead, police said.
Police said the intruder has been identified as Murtaz, whose father runs a gun factory at Ban-Talab in Jammu. The family was living in Jammu region. "The intruder breached the main gate and went inside. He had a scuffle with the duty officers there. A duty officer was also injured. After that, he entered the residence. There has been some sort of damage to the articles. Subsequently, he was shot dead," Jammu SSP Vivek Gupta told the media.
Abdullah, a sitting Lok Sabha member from the Srinagar constituency, is away in New Delhi for the ongoing Parliament session.
The incident is being seen as a major breach in the security of Abdullah, a Z-plus category protectee.
(With inputs from PTI)