Srinagar, Jan. 19 -- The three youths killed in a gunfight with security forces in Lawaypora last month were involved in militancy, Kashmir's Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said on Monday and added that police will soon convince their parents of it with "concrete evidence".

"Their involvement has been - almost 60 percent - proved. We are getting the data and we will convince their parents," he said.

He said the police were not sharing the information as yet deliberately as the issue was very sensitive.

"According to the meta data we have collected so far, all the three associates who were killed in the encounter were involved in militancy. They were providing logistic support (to militants). We want to take a few more days so ...