Three infiltrating militants were killed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Defence Ministry spokesman said.
Alert troops of the army noticed suspicious movements on the LoC. A group of terrorists was found trying to infiltrate into the Indian side in Kawnar area, the spokesman said.
“They were challenged after which they fired at the troops. Three terrorists were killed while searches are still going on as two others are believed to have escaped and are in hiding,” he added.
In a separate incident on Friday, five people, including a BSF jawan, were killed when Pakistan Rangers targeted civilian areas and Border Posts with mortars along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu district.
BSF spokesman identified the martyred Jawan as 27-year-old Sita Ram Upadhyaya of Paaliganj village in Giridih district of Jharkhand. He was in the 192 battalion of BSF and suffered head injury while facing Pakistan attack at the Jabbowal picket at about 1.30 am.
Among the killed was a couple of Chandu Chak village on whose house mortars fired from across the IB had landed. They have been identified as Tarsem Lal and his wife Manjeet.
Reports said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector of BSF also suffered a splinter injury at Pittal BoP and he has been admitted to a hospital.
Jammu’s Additional District Magistrate Arun Manhas confirmed that four civilians have been killed. Two of them in Chandu Chak and two in Treva village of Arnia sector of Jammu. Manhas was personally visiting the affected villages to supervise relief operations.
(With agency inputs)