Four Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh today. Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P said, the encounter took place around 6 in the morning in a forest in the Chintalnar police station area.
He said, an elite unit of the CRPF was cordoning off the forest area near Karkanguda village, when a group of Naxals started firing on them, leading to a gun-battle. Anti-Naxal operations have been intensified in the forests of Bastar division in view of the Lok Sabha elections.