India, Sept. 18 -- A 35-year-old woman Maoist carrying a bounty of Rs.5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, police said.

A gunfight broke out in the morning in the hilly forest between Gufdi and Permapara villages under the Gadiras police station, when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on a search operation based on intelligence inputs, a police officer said.

The body of the woman Maoist, Buski Nuppo, was recovered from the site after the exchange of fire ended.

"A .315 bore rifle, five cartridges, one wireless set, eight detonators, a 10-metre-long Cordex wire, four gelatin rods, gunpowder, a radio, Maoist literature, and other materials were seized from t...