The young man, Nadeem Manzoor of south Kashmir, was shot several times. His body was recovered Friday.
Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen released a video Saturday that purportedly shows militants killing a youth they believed was an Army informer.
The video, which has gone viral, shows militants pumping several bullets into Nadeem Manzoor, whose body was recovered Friday morning.
A resident of Safanagri village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, Manzoor was kidnapped by militants Thursday night.
Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, in an audio message released along with the video, defended Manzoor’s killing, saying he was an informer of the Army.
“Manzoor informed the Army about two militants who were then killed in an encounter,” Naikoo said, referring to a 6 November gunfight in the Safanagri area of Shopian.
Naikoo said the youth had confessed that he informed the Army about the militants due to greed.
“We do not want to kill anyone, but they (informers) are forcing us. We will expose more such videos in the future and traitors will face similar fate,” he said.
The HM commander also warned panchs and sarpanches of “justice”, saying “they should wait for their turn”.
In another video shot before his killing, Manzoor is seen telling his captors that he informed the Army about the presence of militants in his native village.
“I saw militants in the village, and when I reached home, I gave a missed call to an Army officer. The officer called me back and I told him that there were militants in our village near my home,” Manzoor is heard telling the militants.
Another civilian killed
Militants Saturday killed another young man, aged 19, in south Kashmir’s Shopian, police said.
“Terrorists Saturday killed a civilian in a brutal act of terror in Shopian district after he was kidnapped earlier in the day from Saidpora area,” a police official said.
He said the boy’s body was found in an orchard area of Hermain village. His throat had been slit.
The deceased has been identified as Huzaif Ashraf, a resident of Manzgam in the neighbouring Kulgam district.
“Huzaif’s body was handed over to his family after completion of the medico-legal formalities,” the official said.
He said an investigation had been initiated into killing.- PTI