Four Naxalites were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Wednesday morning, police said.
The clash took place in a forest in the Jagargunda police station area around 9.30 am when joint teams of security forces were on an anti-Naxalite operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said.
Acting on inputs about the presence of Maoists in the interior areas of Jagargunda, security forces, including the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), went after the Naxalites.
When one of the patrolling teams was in the forest near Phulampar village, located over 450 km from Raipur, an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, the official said.
After the guns fell silent, bodies of four male Naxalites were found at the spot along with a .303 rifle, a huge cache of country-made weapons and explosive material, he said. A search operation was underway in the area.
