A BSF jawan and his wife were killed by unidentified militants while their son was injured in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Two masked militants barged into the house of BSF jawan Mohammad Arif at Khandi village in Kandi belt, about 215 km from here, at around 0400 hours today, official sources said here.
The militants opened fire killing Arif and his wife Malika Khatoon besides injuring his 9-year-old son Abrar Ahmed, the sources said, adding the militants later escaped.
Abrar has been rushed to district hospital at Rajouri for treatment, they said.
Arif, who had surrendered as militant of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in 1999, was later recruited by the BSF.
He was currently posted with the 126 BSF battalion in Punjab and had come home on leave, they said.