Srinagar:
A National Conference worker was shot dead allegedly by militants outside a mosque in Natipora area of Srinagar city, police said.
Abdul Rehman Ganaie was fired at by two motorcycle-borne militants from point blank range when he was going to offer Friday prayers.
Ganaie, who was an active political worker of ruling the party, was rushed to the Bone and Joint Hospital at Barzulla where doctors declared him "brought dead".
Police has cordoned off the area and launched a manhunt.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.