Two women Naxalites, collectively carrying cash rewards of Rs 7 lakh on their heads, were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Monday, police said.
The gunfight took place at around 5:30 pm in a forest between Kalepal and Kakari villages in the Kuakonda police station limits when the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was an anti-Naxalite drive, Inspector General of Police (Bastar) Sundarraj P said.
The fighting, which lasted for about half hour, broke out when the patrolling team was cordoning off the jungle, he said.
After the battle, the bodies of the women were found with a pistol and a muzzle loading gun, he said.
One of the killed persons was identified as Ayte Mandavi, who was active as a Maoist Malangir Area Committee member and intelligence head of the area.
She carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, the officer said.
The second rebel was identified as Vijje Markam, an intelligence wing member in the same unit who carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head.