The Houthis militants and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have kidnapped a former member of the parliament from the Islah party in Rada'a city in al Bayda province, central Yemen.

A local source told Almasdaronline that the Houthi-Saleh militants had waited for the former MP Ahmad Abdulwli al Tashi at the Mosque door in the neighborhood which he lived at, and asked him to come with them in accordance with orders from the Houthi's supervisor in the region.

''The militants took him to one of their detention centers.''

Ahmed Abdulwali al Tashi was a member of the House of Representatives for Rada'a city of the Islah Party during the period 93-97, and he has a wide relations and respect from most citizens in the city.

Al-Tashi lives in the capital Sana'a, but in recent days he returned to Rada'a to visit his relatives who live there. The source added.