Srinagar: stepping up violence in areas going to polls in the third phase of Jammu and Kashmir elections, militants attacked the house of a national Conference (NC) candidate and two security forces picket injuring three personnel in Anantnag and Pulwama districts on September 26, official sources said.

Militants lobbed a grenade and fired on the house of NC candidate from Wachi constituency Aishya Nishat at Zainapora in Pulwama District, they said.

No one was injured in the attack as the guards posted at her residence fired in retaliation following which the militants fled.

Two security personnel were injured when militants set off an improvised explosive device at Thamankote in Anantnag district in the afternoon, the sources said.

Militants lobbed a grenade at a CRPF picket at Naibasti in Khanabal area of the district around 11.45 hours (IST) wounding a CRPF jawan, the spokesman said.

Polling in the two districts is being held in the third phase on October 1.

In Badgam district, militants shot dead one Mohammad Ismail in his house at Kathawara village and injured one woman at Arizal village.

PTI