 Jammu: In a fresh escalation of violence near the Line of Control, two jawans and a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant were killed in a gunbattle in the Akhnoor area of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Army sources said the security forces, getting information about the presence of three Lashkar militants in the area, started a search and kill operation. In the encounter, which ended in the evening, soldiers of the Sikh Light Infantry Sepoy Daya Singh and Sepoy Jagtar Singh were killed. One AK 47 rifle, four magazines, three Chinese grenades and 30 AK rounds were recovered from the slain militant. Army sources have confirmed that infiltration attempts increased this month along this belt as snow blocked all other routes. |