A woman Naxal was shot dead in a gun-battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said today.
"The rebel-- who is yet to be identified-- was killed in an exchange of fire between a joint team of security personnel and ultras in the restive Gadiras police station limits late last night," Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh told PTI.
A joint squad of special task force (STF) and district force was conducting a 'special Naxal elimination operation' in the forests of Gadiras, Sukma and Dornapal police station limits, located around 450 km away from the state capital since the last three days, the ASP said.
Later, during search of the spot in the wee hours, the body of a woman Naxal in uniform was recovered along with a 12 bore gun, a pipe bomb, cartridges and other material, the ASP said.
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