India, Oct. 12 -- At least four men, purportedly infiltrators, were reportedly killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district on Monday, said people familiar with the development.

"A group of four infiltrators was reportedly eliminated in a powerful IED blast in Salotri area near Nangi Tekri along the LoC in Poonch sector on Monday afternoon," official sources told HT.

The area is being manned by soldiers of the 7 Jat Regiment.

It may be stated here that Salotri and Nangi Tekri areas have remained a traditional route of infiltration for Pakistani terrorists, from where the Pakistan army's border action teams (BATs) also tried to stage attacks in the p...