New Delhi, March 31 -- A woman Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Monday, an official, said.

The gunfight broke out around 9 am in a forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts, located in the Bastar region, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai told PTI.

So far, body of a woman Naxalite has been recovered from the encounter site along with an Insas rifle, he said.

The operation is still underway and further details are awaited.

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