SRINAGAR: A soldier was abducted and killed in India-occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, with police saying they believed anti-India Kashmiri fighters had carried out the kidnapping.

Two soldiers were kidnapped in Anantnag district, police said. `But one of the soldiers managed to escape. He has two bullet wounds and is undergoing treatment,` said a police spokesperson.

The body of the other soldier was recovered on Wednesday morning froma forest, hours after a manhunt began seeking to locate the two kidnapped men.

The soldiers were abducted after results were announced in occupied Kashmir`s first polls since 2014, with an alliance led by the National Conference to form a government.

Omar Abdullah of the National Conference, expected to be named the chief minister, said the result was a rebuke of the policies implemented by Modi`s party.-AFP