SRINAGAR: Militants abducted and later killed a civilian in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir , police said Friday. Nadeem Manzoor, a resident of Safanagri area Shopian district of south Kashmir, was abducted on Thursday night, a police official said.

He said Manzoor was later killed by militants.

"Manzoor's bullet-riddled body was retrieved by police from Niklora Pulwama," the official said.

Police have registered a case and investigation has been initiated.