Srinagar: A newly-recruited militant Showkat Ahmad Bhat, was killed in a brief shootout with the armed forces at a village in Pulwama district late Wednesday night, the cops said.
Bhat, a resident of Padgamora, Awantipora had joined militancy on October 2 and was associated with Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, he said.
A police official said that army men of 50 RR and SOG personnel had set up a Nakka at Dougam Kakapora.
