SRINAGAR, March 31: Indian security forces shot dead six Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir, while Kashmiris shot and wounded a pro-government militant, officials said Monday.

Two Kashmiris — Karim-u-Din and Abdul Islam — were killed during an overnight gunbattle with the Indian army’s counter-insurgency wing, the National Rifles, in the northern Kashmir district of Kupwara, a police spokesman said.

“The two were associated with the Lashkar-i-Taiba,” the spokesman said.

Police said two rifles, two grenade launchers and 14 grenades were recovered from the site of the encounter.

Four men, belonging to the Hizbul Mujahedin, were killed in two separate encounters with security forces on Monday in the Doda district.—AFP