Three policemen and two militants were killed during an encounter in Jammu’s Kathua district on Thursday.
While there has been no official confirmation from either the police or the security forces, sources said that both the deceased policemen including a selection grade constable were PSOs of the SDPO Border.
Nearly half a dozen militants, who are believed to be a fresh group having crossed the international border from Pakistan side, were first spotted by a local couple in the forests at Saniyal village near the international border on Sunday evening.
A group of nearly half a dozen militants were first spotted by a local couple,…