Jammu and Kashmir: Militants fire at senior NC leader Abdul Rahim Rather's home in Badgam district, no casualties reported

Srinagar: Militants attacked the home of former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister and National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather in Badgam district on Tuesday, police said. [caption id=“attachment_2003587” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Abdul Rahim Rather. Image courtesy: CNN-IBN[/caption] Police said the militants fired at the ancestral home of Rather in Badipora village. “Guards posted there repulsed the attack, forcing the militants to flee,” a police officer said. The National Conference leader was not at his house during the attack, which did not injure anyone.