Youth from Telangana killed among militants killed by security forces

Hyderabad, March 14: A youth from Telangana, who was killed along with two Kashmiri militants in a gunbattle with the security forces in the border state last week, was allegedly working for international terror group Islamic State, police said.

Mohammad Taufeeq, 26, killed along with two Kashmiri youth in the gunfight on the intervening night of March 11 and 12 at Hakkora in Anantnag district, was a native of Manuguru in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

A senior police official said he was radicalized into Islamic State (IS) ideology through social media and went to Kashmir to participate in terrorist activities of IS.

"He was not wanted into any of the criminal cases in Telangana state. Further details are being verified," the official added.