In Chhattisgarh, four Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district today. <br />''<br />''Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P said, the encounter took place around 6 in the morning in a forest in the Chintalnar police station area.<br />''<br />'' He said, an elite unit of the CRPF was cordoning off the forest area near Karkanguda village, when a group of Naxals started firing on them, leading to a gun-battle.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Anti-Naxal operations have been intensified in the forests of Bastar division in view of the Lok Sabha elections.</span><br />