A woman cadre Maoist was reportedly killed in an encounter with the police in the Niyamgiri forests in Kalahandi district on Thursday.
According to reports, the Maoist was killed during a combing operation at a location in the Niyamgiri hills under the lanjigarh police station.
Police recovered an INSAS rifle, a SlR rifle and two other rifles during the operation, reports said.
The killed Maoist was a member of the Bansadhara-Ghumsar-Nagabali division of the outlawed CPI (Maoist). The operation was led by Kalahandi SP Brijesh Kumar Rai, reports added.