Raipur (Chhattisgarh):A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday evening.
The gunfight took place between Naxals and a team of the District Reserve Guard at 4:30pm in the jungles under Polampalli police station limits, some 450 kilometres from here, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told reporters.
"When the patrolling team was cordoning off forests near Jaggawaram and Arampalli villages, an exchange of fire took place. We later recovered the body of a Naxal, one muzzle loading gun and huge cache of explosives from the spot," he said.