 SRINAGAR: Suspected militants abducted a ruling party official in held Kashmir and hanged him from an electricity pole on Saturday, police said. Local Congress party official Abdul Rahim, 65, was killed in the northern district of Baramulla. No group claimed the killing. The Congress party is part of the state's ruling coalition. No militant group claimed the killing but militants often target pro-India political workers in the region, where an insurgency against New Delhi's rule has killed tens of thousands of people since 1989. Meanwhile, suspected militants triggered an explosion on a key highway, killing a soldier. Three other people were killed in separate gunbattles, police said. |