A joint team of Army's 55 RR, CRPF and SOG were involved in the operation. Two civilians were also killed during the encounter. This exchange comes merely days after 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in Pulwama

PULWAMA: Five Army personnel, including a Major, were martyred on Monday in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

A joint team of Army's 55 RR, CRPF and SOG cordoned off the area in the early morning hours on Monday following credible inputs about the presence of some terrorists.

As a search operation was going on, terrorists fired on the forces, which led to a gunfight, police said.

During the encounter, five Army soldiers including a Major were killed. Those killed were Major DS Dondial, Head Constable Save Ram, Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Sepoy Hari Singh.

Sepoy Gulzar Mohammad who was critically injured in the encounter succumbed to his injuries. He was earlier evacuated to Army's 92 base hospital Badamibagh Srinagar for treatment.

Two civilians were also killed during the encounter. The civilians were the owners of the house were the terrorists were reportedly holed up.

The encounter started early on Monday morning when terrorists engaged with the security forces in the Pinglan area of Pulwama.

This exchange comes merely days after 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in a deadly terror attack in Pulwama.