New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- At least four residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir were killed in an IED (improvised explosive device) blast across Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Monday across the Line of Control (LoC), adjacent to Poonch district's Krishna Ghati on Monday.

"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," Hindustan Times reported citing official sources.

The deaths prompted heightened security measures on the Indian side, PTI reported citing an official.

The blast occurred in PoJK's Satwal-Naki area of Hajira tehsil when some workers were laying water pipes along the Pakistani side of the LOC, PTI repor...