Srinagar: Unknown gunmen hijacked a car from a civilian in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Tuesday, triggering an alarm.

Security forces were put on an alert after the gunmen took away the white colour car of a man at Samboora in Pulwama district, a police official said.

The owner of the car told the police that he had purchased the vehicle recently and it did not have a permanent registration number yet, the official said.

He said the security forces have been asked to keep a vigil for any suspicious car matching the description of the hijacked vehicle.