Srinagar- The BSF on Monday said the operation along the LoC in north Kashmir’s Machil sector, in which four forces personnel and three militants were killed on Sunday, was on to rule out the presence of other militants in the area. Three Army personnel, including an officer, a BSF constable and three militants were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Machil sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. To rule out the presence of any other militant, a sanitisation operation is on in the area. The ADG, BSF said two other militants fled the spot and the border-guarding force then alerted its other posts and the Army. “With the first light on Sunday, the Army and the BSF launched a joint operation in which the two militants were killed.