Six people, including an army captain were killed in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday during the course of a three-hour gun-battle between security forces and militants. Four militants entrenched in a house were also killed after they triggered the confrontation by opening fire on an army search party. Captain R. Harshan, hailing from Kerala, and his bodyguard were killed when security forces on a search operation came under fire.Army troops and the Special Operations Group (SOG) launched the search operation in Kupwara district's Chontimarg village, 120km from Srinagar after receiving specific information about the presence of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas in the village. "During the searches in the village, security forces came under fire from a group of militants hiding in a house. The house was surrounded," said a senior police official. "Reinforcements were rushed to the area and the hiding militants were engaged in a gunfight," the official said. All the four guerrillas inside were killed in the three-hour encounter. An injured soldier was evacuated to hospital. Four AK-47 rifles and some ammunition were recovered from the scene.