Four naxals, including a local commander and a woman cadre, were killed Sunday in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said.
At least two of the four ultras were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each on their heads, according to police.
The gunfight took place at around 2:30 pm in the Gumiyabeda village forest under Kukrajhor police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla told PTI.
The patrolling team was cordoning off jungles of Gumiyabeda on inputs about the presence of naxals in Kukrajhor when the encounter occurred, he said.
The ultras fled the spot and entered the dense forest after a brief exchange of fire, Shukla said