Jammu: Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants and a jawan were killed and four Armymen injured in a fierce gun battle in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on October 7, official sources said.

Acting on a tip off about presence of militants in Naka Manjari forest belt of Poonch district, troops launched a cordon and search operation in the area late on October 6 night, the sources said.

Militants, who had taken positions near a hill top, ambushed them, the sources said, adding Army troops retaliated and heavy exchange of fire took place.

In the gun battle which ended on October 7 morning, two LeT militants from Pakistan were killed, the sources said, adding a jawan also lost his life while others were injured, one of them critically.

The injured jawans have been admitted to Poonch military hospital, whereas the body-less heads of the two militants recovered from the area after the gun battle were handed over to Surankote police by Army.

PTI