Five militants were killed when an infiltration bid was foiled Thursday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector which has witnessing heavy shelling between Indian and Pak troops during the last few days, army sources said. The Poonch and Rajouri areas have been witnessing heavy shelling for the last two days and there were reports that Pakistan was trying to infiltrate militants under heavy firing, the sources said. Security was increased following the reports and army was put on high alert which led to the killing of the five Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who were trying to cross over, the sources said.
In a separate incident, two villagers and a militant was killed during a gunbattle between securitymen and militants in Darhaal area of Rajouri district, they said. Bureau Report