Bid on 2 J&K Ministers

By Shujaat Bukhari

JAMMU, OCT. 18. Two senior Ministers of the Farooq Abdullah Government today escaped assassination bids in north Kashmir.

Police said militants fired two rifle grenades at a public meeting at Delina in Baramulla district which was being addressed by the Public Works Minister, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar. The grenades, however, landed near the podium and exploded outside the venue. The security personnel retaliated and evacuated the Minister.

Late in the evening, the Rural Development Minister, Mr. Ajay Sadhotra, escaped being shot when militants ambushed his convey near Mirgund on the Baramulla-Srinagar national highway. The militants continued to chase the Minister but his security guards returned the fire and helped the Minister escape.

Mr. Sadhotra told The Hindu later that he was returning from the border area of Gurez when the encounter took place. A journalist accompanying him also escaped unhurt.

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