Bhopal: Two women Naxalites were killed in separate encounters with police in a forest area of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district bordering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, officials said today.

Speaking to reporters, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Tiwari said while one of the Naxals was killed around 11pm on Friday, another one was eliminated around 7am today.

‘The two slain Maoists are yet to be identified officially. However, some people who were earlier associated with the rebels claimed on the basis of their pictures that one of them was from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra and another one from Bastar in Chhattisgarh,’ he added.