SRINAGAR: Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot dead a trade union leader who was affiliated to the ruling party in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), the police said.Ghulam Nabi Khan was killed in Sopore, north of Srinagar, a police statement said. Hundreds of mourners later joined Khan's funeral and chanted slogans.
Khan was the head of the traders' federation in Sopore and a local leader of IHK's ruling National Conference party.
Security officials have warned of a possible escalation in violence during the summer months after reports that a number of insurgents were poised to cross into IHK from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).