New Delhi, Mar 12: After Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s allegation that there seemed to be a conspiracy to eliminate Abdullah – who has Z+ category security and blaming revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood for the incident, the Centre Govt termed the murderous attack on veteran leader Farooq Abdullah a matter of “great concern” and assured the Rajya Sabha that all necessary steps will be taken to ensure his security.
The government is taking the assassination bid with utmost seriousness, Leader of the House and Union minister J P Nadda said a day after Dr Farooq escaped a bid on his life when a person fired a shot at point blank range while he was coming out a wedding event in Jammu.
Nadda said that a thorough investigation is being conducted to ascertain the motive of the arrested assassin and to prevent any such security lapse in the future & assured the members that appropriate action will be taken.
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