Srinagar: Militants shot dead three National Conference workers, including a village head, for "actively participating in the Assembly polls" in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on October 1 night, police said on October 2.

Lashker-e-Jabbar militant outfit on October 2 claimed responsibility for the attack. A caller identifying himself as a spokesman of the outfit told local news agency NAFA that the three were killed for being active during the Assembly elections.

PTI