Party worker shot dead in Kashmir

Srinagar: A worker of the Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition partner, Peoples Conference, was shot by separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday and succumbed to his injuries in hospital, police said.

"Gulam Nabi Khoja was shot at outside his residence at Kralgund in Handwara tehsil today (Wednesday) evening. He was shifted to hospital in a serious condition where he succumbed," a police official said here.

The party is headed by Sajad Lone who is a minister in the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party government. Lone represents the Handwara constituency in the state assembly.