Srinagar: The body of a civilian was found near the site of Monday’s gunfight in Bidoora village of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday.

A militant and an army officer were killed while three other soldiers, including an officer, were injured in the daylong gunfight yesterday.

Reports said that the body of Nasir Ahmad Mir (23) son of Fayaz Ahmad Mir of Check Achabal was found by the people near the encounter site today morning.

It said the police reached at the spot and took the body for post-mortem and other legal formalities.

Nasir, according to locals was a first-year student at Degree College Anantnag.