A suspected militant on Tuesday shot and wounded a RSS leader, Chandrakant Singh, in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town, killing his guard, police said.

Singh was shot outside a hospital where he was employed by the Health Department.

His security guard was killed on the spot. The militant fled with the service rifle of the guard.

--IANS

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