A combined patrolling party of C-60 jawans and Kobra Battalion of the CRPF came across a group of Naxals in the forests who opened indiscriminate firing at them, police said.
The jawans retaliated, killing a Naxalite, police said, adding that they had also recovered his body and some firearms and other material from the site.
The deceased was identified as Rahul alias Dinesh Dhurve, they said.
The two women Naxalites held were identified as - Lachchi alias Nimmi and Vanita alias Sushila Durve, both in their early 20s.
Police recovered two 12 bore rifles, a 315 rifle and a total of 73 live rounds and other material, they added.