Rajouri: Three soldiers and two infiltrators were killed on Sunday in a gunfight along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu, army said.
One more soldier was injured during the encounter, which took place in the Sunderbani sector of the district.
The army has recovered two AK-47 rifles from the slain intruders, an army officer said.
“At about 1.45 pm, Indian Army in Sunderbani sector had a fierce encounter with heavily armed Pakistani intruders very close to the LoC. The patrol (team) killed two intruders and recovered war-like stores including two AK-47 rifles,” a defence ministry spokesman said.