<p class="title">A woman Naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday morning, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The skirmish took place around 6 am at a forest near Dabbakonta village when a joint team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Personnel belonging to the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA-an elite unit of CRPF), Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard were involved in the operation, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On spotting a Maoist camp in the forest near Dabbakonta village, located around 500 km from the state capital Raipur, the security men started encircling it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An exchange of fire then broke out between the two sides and the rebels soon escaped into the dense forest, the DIG said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, during search of the encounter spot, the body of a woman Naxal clad in 'uniform' and an Insas rifle was recovered, he said, adding that the killed rebel was yet to be identified.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Blood stains were found at the spot, indicating that some more ultras might have been injured or killed in the gun battle," the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some items of daily use and a huge cache of other Naxal-related material were also seized from their camp, he said, adding that search operation was still underway in the area. </p>
<p class="title">A woman Naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday morning, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The skirmish took place around 6 am at a forest near Dabbakonta village when a joint team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Personnel belonging to the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA-an elite unit of CRPF), Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard were involved in the operation, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On spotting a Maoist camp in the forest near Dabbakonta village, located around 500 km from the state capital Raipur, the security men started encircling it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An exchange of fire then broke out between the two sides and the rebels soon escaped into the dense forest, the DIG said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, during search of the encounter spot, the body of a woman Naxal clad in 'uniform' and an Insas rifle was recovered, he said, adding that the killed rebel was yet to be identified.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Blood stains were found at the spot, indicating that some more ultras might have been injured or killed in the gun battle," the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some items of daily use and a huge cache of other Naxal-related material were also seized from their camp, he said, adding that search operation was still underway in the area. </p>