Unidentified gunmen abducted a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited official from his residence in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.

Officials said the gunmen barged into the house of BSNL Junior Telecom Officer Ghulam Nabi Malik at Warsu village, about 45 km from Srinagar on Monday night and forced him to accompany them at gunpoint.

The police had launched a hunt to trace the telecom official and his abductors, they added.