<p>Three naxals were killed today in a gunbattle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's worst insurgency-hit Sukma district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The skirmish took place between a joint squad of security forces and ultras in the forests of Arnampalli village under Polampalli police station limits, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh told PTI.<br /><br />A joint team of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)- an elite wing of CRPF, Special Task Force (STF) and the state's District Reserve Group (DRG) was out on an anti-naxal operation since this morning in the region, located around 500 kms away from the state capital.<br /><br />While they were cordoning off a forest axis between Arnampalli and Palamargu villages, a group of armed rebels opened indiscriminate firing on them following which they retaliated, the ASP said.<br /><br />Rebels fled to the core forest after a gunfight that lasted for around two hours, he said.<br />Later during searches at the spot, bodies of three ultras, two of them in 'uniforms', besides two weapons were recovered, he said.<br /><br />Further details of the incident would be known once the security forces return to their camp, he added.</p>
<p>Three naxals were killed today in a gunbattle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's worst insurgency-hit Sukma district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The skirmish took place between a joint squad of security forces and ultras in the forests of Arnampalli village under Polampalli police station limits, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh told PTI.<br /><br />A joint team of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)- an elite wing of CRPF, Special Task Force (STF) and the state's District Reserve Group (DRG) was out on an anti-naxal operation since this morning in the region, located around 500 kms away from the state capital.<br /><br />While they were cordoning off a forest axis between Arnampalli and Palamargu villages, a group of armed rebels opened indiscriminate firing on them following which they retaliated, the ASP said.<br /><br />Rebels fled to the core forest after a gunfight that lasted for around two hours, he said.<br />Later during searches at the spot, bodies of three ultras, two of them in 'uniforms', besides two weapons were recovered, he said.<br /><br />Further details of the incident would be known once the security forces return to their camp, he added.</p>