SRINAGAR: Terrorists shot dead a civilian after abducting him from his house in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday.

"Terrorists in Murran area of Pulwama last night barged inside the house of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat (24) son of Abdul Gani Bhat and abducted him," a police official said.

The official said police recovered Bhat's bullet-riddled body from a nearby field.

"Police have registered a case and initiated investigation, which suggest involvement of local terrorists Zahoor Thokar and Showkat Dar of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit," he added.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was handed over to his family for last rites after conducting all legal formalities including the postmortem.

