Security forces today killed at least eight naxals, including four women, in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today, a senior police official said. A cache of firearms, including two Insas rifles, was recovered from the encounter site.

The gunbattle took place around 6 am in a forest area near Timinar and Pusnar villages along the boundary of Bijapur and Dantewada districts, Deputy Inspector General of Police (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.