Policeman killed in J&K gunfight

Jammu, Sep 11 A policeman was killed on Sunday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's (J&K) 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 gunfight was continuing.

IANS