<p class="title">Four Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces on Tuesday in the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The encounter took place around 6 AM in a forest in the Chintalnar police station area, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An elite unit of the CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was cordoning off the forest area near Karkanguda village, around 500 km away from the state capital, when a group of Naxals started firing on them, leading to a gun-battle, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the encounter, four Naxals were killed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One INSAS rifle and two .303 rifles were recovered from the spot, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further details were awaited, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anti-Naxal operations have been intensified in the forests of Bastar division in view of the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chhattisgarh will vote in three phases on April 11, April 18 and April 23. Sukma district is a part of the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency which will go to poll in the first phase in the state. </p>
<p class="title">Four Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces on Tuesday in the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The encounter took place around 6 AM in a forest in the Chintalnar police station area, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An elite unit of the CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was cordoning off the forest area near Karkanguda village, around 500 km away from the state capital, when a group of Naxals started firing on them, leading to a gun-battle, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the encounter, four Naxals were killed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One INSAS rifle and two .303 rifles were recovered from the spot, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further details were awaited, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anti-Naxal operations have been intensified in the forests of Bastar division in view of the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chhattisgarh will vote in three phases on April 11, April 18 and April 23. Sukma district is a part of the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency which will go to poll in the first phase in the state. </p>