A policeman was killed on Sunday in a gun fight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.
Police said the militants started firing from an under-construction mini secretariat building near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters in Poonch town around 8 a.m.
“The militants have been surrounded and all escape routes were sealed,” a senior police officer told IANS, adding the gun fight was continuing.