The teenager's corpse was discovered in a pool of blood at the periphery of an orchard in Nagbal.
The youth was identified as Gowhar Ahmad Dar - a resident of Urpara in Nagbal.
Officials said locals who found the body informed the police - who then recovered it.
According to famoly members, Gowher went missing since saturday evening and perhaps he was killed by suspected militants.
His bullet-riddled body was recovered today morning," the Station House Officer said.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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