BJP leader and Vice President of Municipal Committee (MC) Watergam, Mehraj Din Malla, was abducted by an unknown person in the Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning. BJP Kashmir Spokesperson told news agency ANI, police have launched a search operation in the area.
The officials said police has taken cognisance of the matter and launched operations to rescue the BJP worker.
The incident comes less than a week after BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, his brother and father were shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.