Kashmiri villagers shout slogans carrying rebel commander’s dead body

Kashmiri villagers carry the body of Shahnawaz Mir a suspected militant commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen during his funeral at Tral, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Three Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants and a policeman were killed after a fierce gunfight broke out between Indian security forces and militants in this South Kashmir district on Monday. (Photo : AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Indian army has killed an intruder carrying explosives on LoC dividing Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.

An Indian army spokesman said the intruder was killed Monday in the Saujiyan sector of frontier Poonch district, around 190 km southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian- controlled Kashmir, while trying to move deep inside their part. “Our alert troops yesterday in Saujiyan sector observed suspicious movement in the vicinity of a post and challenged the intruder, following which a gunfight broke out and the intruder was killed,” said R K Palta, Indian army spokesman.

According to the spokesman, the intruder was carrying some explosives which were detonated after troopers fired at him. “As a result of firing by the troops, the explosive detonated leading to severe mutilation of the intruder,” said Palta.

Kashmiri villagers shout slogans near the body of Shahnawaz Mir a suspected militant commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen during his funeral at Tral, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar India, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (Photo : AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

However officials said it was not clear whether the intruder coming from other side of LoC was planning to plant explosives or carrying out a suicide attack.

Indian and Pakistani troopers intermittently exchange fire on LoC in Kashmir, a de facto border that divides the region into Indian and Pakistani controlled parts. <Xinhua/NEWSis>