Security forces and terrorists engaged in a gunfight in the Pinglan area here of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning.Four army personnel including a major has lost their lives in the encounter. The operation is currently going on. One person is critically injured and has been rushed to hospital. They belong to 55 Rashtriya Rifles.

The encounter site is just around 10 kms away from the spot where 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide attack on Thursday, last week.

According to latest information, two to three terrorists are trapped in the area.An army officer identified the slain soldiers as Major DS Dondial, Head Constable Save Ram, Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Sepoy Hari  Singh.

"The critically injured armyman has been identified as Sepoy Gulzar Mohd who has been evacuated to army's 92 base hospital Badamibagh Srinagar for treatment".