Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.
The encounter took place near Mardintola village in the morning when naxals fired on a search team of the police.
The deceased were identified as Raje Muchaki, Geeta Markam and Jyoti alias Bhime Nuppo, who were active as members of Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists.
22 security personnel were martyred and 30 others were injured in the Naxal attack at Sukma-Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
Four naxals were killed in a joint operation by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and STF in Bagaha area of Bihar's West Champaran.
The encounter took place on Friday night at Pardhauni village under Manpur police station limits, located over 150 kms from Raipur, when a team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation.
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