"Two more bodies were recovered from a Rengma-dominated village under the Borpathar police station. One of them is a woman," Karbi Anglong SP Mugdhajyoti Mahanta told PTI.
Of the other body, only the skeletal remains were found and Mahanta said that a DNA test would now be done to determine its gender.
Of the eight dead so far, two were militants.
Meanwhile, curfew was relaxed in the area during daytime.
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As to the deployment of additional security forces, the SP said that more personnel had arrived this morning and taken up search operations in the area.
Police have arrested 10 persons so far for the violence.
Assam's Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), AP Rout, had yesterday held a meeting with the district administration and claimed that the situation was expected to normalise within a couple of days.
Thereafter, in a retaliatory attack, terrorists belonging to Naga Rengma Hills Protection Force killed two KPLT militants inside a dense forest.
Around 1,000 people, mostly Rengmas, were rendered homeless after their houses were set on fire. Another 50,000 fled their homes.
Three relief camps have been set up by the district administration to shelter the displaced persons.