Six Naxalites were killed in a gun battle with security personnel in Chhattisgarhs Bijapur district on Wednesday, police said. The gunfight took place in a forest area along the Talperu river near Chipurbhatti village, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told media. The operation involving the District Reserve Guard, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit CoBRA unit was launched based on inputs about the presence of Naxalites, he said. "After the exchange of fire stopped, the bodies of six Naxalites, including two women, and a huge cache of weapons and explosives were recovered from the spot," he said. The official earlier said the deceased Naxalites included one woman. The identity of the dead is yet to be ascertained, he said. Many other Naxalites were reportedly injured in the gunfight. Bijapur district is located in the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to the polls in the first phase of general elections on April 19.

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