LAHORE: An alleged militant was found shot dead after an exchange of fire with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in a Gujrat village on Tuesday.

His other accomplices fled, while the one found dead was killed by the firing of his own accomplices.

A spokesperson for the CTD issued this police-like narrative of an encounter to the media.

He said the CTD received information that some militants in a house in Rakh Pabbi village of Gujrat were planning to attack law enforcement agency officials.

A CTD team ordered them to turn themselves in but they started indiscriminate firing on them.

The team took cover and when firing stopped, one of the militants was found killed by the firing of his own accomplices.

Other militants escaped while two hand grenades and other weapons were found at the scene.

The identity of the dead has yet to be ascertained. A case was registered against the militants in Gujaranwala CTD police station.

Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2016