Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Gani Dar was killed by militants in Rohmoo village of Pulwama district in south Kashmir today.

Dar, PDP's Pulwama district president, was admitted to a local hospital but later shifted to a Srinagar hospital as his condition deteriorated. Dar later succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Before joining PDP in November, 2014, Dar held several posts with the Congress.

This was the third such attack on PDP cadre in south Kashmir in the past two weeks.

Two policemen were injured when militants attacked the ancestral residence of PDP leader and minister for Hajj and Auqaf Farooq Abdrabi in Kashmir's Anantnag district last month.

The militants also took away four service weapons from the guard room at Abdrabi's Residence at Dooru in Anantnag.

J&K CM MEHBOOBA MUFTI MEETS PM MODI, RAJNATH

Today's incident in Pulwama came just hours after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti held separate meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. Mufti's meeting with Modi came in the backdrop of the worsening security situation in Jammu and Kashmir that has also rattled the ruling PDP-BJP alliance in the state.

During her interaction with PM Modi, Mufti stressed for talks with separatists in the state. "How long can you have confrontation...There is no option but to talk," Mehbooba told reporters.

"However, an atmosphere needs to be created for a dialogue," she added.

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