Shopian: One Kashmiri youth was killed on Saturday morning during anencounter with the security forces in Pandushan village in south Jammu andKashmir’s Shopian district.

One Army jawan was killed, while another was injured fighting againstterrorists.

A joint team of India Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), 14th battalion ofCentral Reserve Police Force personnel (CRPF) and state police conductingthe operation acting on a special police input. The operation has beencalled off now.

The youth who was killed on Friday was identified as Zeenat ul IslamNaikoo. His body was handed over to his family after it was recovered fromthe encounter site.