Jammu: Four civilians, including two women and a child were killed by militants of pro-Pakistan Lashker-e-Toiba outfit in a remote mountainous hamlet in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir last night, official sources said today (June 10, 2004). . A group of nine to ten ultras barged into the houses of Abdul Rehman and Mohmmad Farooq in remote Chakaras-Seripheli hamlet of the district and tortured their family members for several hours, the sources said.

Later, the militants killed four persons belonging to the families, identified as Samina Begum (65), Shyamina (30), Jamaldin (45) and Namzian (8), the sources said.

However, the heads of the families were not present at the time of incident, they said adding that the reason behind the killings was not known.

"LeT was behind the killings as they have left some papers on the spot," they said.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and police have launched a major operation in the area to track down the militants responsible for the act, they said.