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The gunfight broke out this morning in Karregutta hills forest along the inter-state border, the police said.

With this encounter, the bodies of four women Maoists have been recovered in the area since security forces launched the operation on April 21.

The operation, one of the largest counter-insurgency actions in Bastar, involved 10,000 security personnel from DRG, STF, state police, CRPF, and CoBRA units.

Tiffin bombs, gelatin sticks, detonators, electric wires, batteries, Maoist pamphlets and other items were recovered from the arrested Naxalites.

With the latest action, 140 Naxalites have been gunned down in separate encounters in the state so far this year.

The gunfight occurred around 9 am in a forest in the Indravati National Park area where a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation.