A woman Maoist was killed and seven others reportedly injured in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Sondaha village of Bihar's Gaya district on Sunday.
"Four teams of COBRA with a force of about 159 were in the Madya Zone of Bihar. Last evening, we got the information that the maoists were coming to the village. Our team could locate them when they had gone to get water in a nearby area. The team had just taken position when they saw the force too and opened fire. The team fired back," said CRPF IG Arun Kumar.
"One woman naxalite was killed in the encounter. She was found carrying an INSAS rifle and a tiffin bomb which exploded there itself , and quite a few food items. Four to seven people have been reported to be injured," he added.