<p>Three militants and a policeman were killed while three were injured in a day-long encounter in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.<br /><br />In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar. <br /><br />One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.<br /><br />A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district. <br /><br />Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.<br /><br />However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.<br /><br />“Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants,” the official added.<br /><br />Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.</p>
<p>Three militants and a policeman were killed while three were injured in a day-long encounter in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.<br /><br />In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar. <br /><br />One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.<br /><br />A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district. <br /><br />Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.<br /><br />However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.<br /><br />“Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants,” the official added.<br /><br />Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.</p>
