The encounter took place around 2:30 pm in the forests of Gumiyabeda village. | Photo Credit: ANI

Narayanpur: Four Naxals, including a woman, were gunned down by security forces during an encounter in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.

The encounter took place around 2:30 pm in the forests of Gumiyabeda village when a team of District Reserve Guards (DRG) were out on a combing operation to flush out Maoists from the area, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.

The Naxals fled the spot and entered the dense forest after a brief exchange of fire, he said.

One INSAS rifle and two 12 bore pistols were among other incriminating materials recovered from them, the police said.

Narayanpur: Four Naxals killed in an encounter with Dsitrict Reserve Guard (DRG) in forests of Kokrajhar's Gumiyabeda, earlier today. 1 INSAS rifle, two 12 bore pistols, among other incriminating materials recovered from them. #Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/aG7p6yEMiF — ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2018

On Saturday, one jawan was killed and three others got injured in an improvised explosive device blast, planted allegedly by Naxals, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. A team of DRG personnel was out on a routine combing operation when the incident took place.

DRGs are special police units, formed mostly of adivasis and surrendered Naxals, that assist the Central Reserve Police Force in anti-Maoist operations.

Earlier in the day, two bodies of people abducted by Naxals on August 26 from Chhattisgarh were found in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, a senior police official said.

Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Shailesh Balkawade said that Sona Padha (35) and Somji Padha (40) had been kidnapped by Naxals from Chhattisgarh's Bande village.