Militants on Sunday threatened to kill Sopore municipal chairman Ghulam [Images] Rasool Dar's son, whom they have kidnapped, if he did not step down by Monday.

Police said militants kidnapped Mehraj-ud-Din, 12, while he was playing cricket in Mehrajpora locality of Sopore town in north Kashmir's Baramulla.

Dar had won the recent civic poll as a Congress candidate.

He told the police that the abductors of his son had phoned his residence.

Militants have so far gunned down nearly half a dozen councillors across Kashmir, prompting the government to provide security to other councillors.

The councillors have said that the one armed guard provided to them is inadequate for their security.