Four Army personnel including Major martyred in encounter with terrorists in Pulwama
PULWAMA: Four Army personnel, including a Major, were martyred on Monday in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Two terrorists were also killed by the security forces during the encounter, which is underway. The identity of the killed terrorists is yet to be ascertained.
A top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander linked to the Pulwama terror attack of February 14 is also believed to be trapped in the ongoing encounter with security forces, news agency ANI reported quoting sources. 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, four Army soldiers including a Major were killed. Those killed were Major DS Dondial, Head Constable Save Ram, Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Seooy Hari Singh.
Sepoy Gulzar Mohammad was critically injured in the encounter and has been 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.
source : TOI
