The police gunned down a woman, who was a member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Friday.

This followed an attack on a team of Gadchiroli police near Bhendikanhar forestaround 6 a.m. The Maoists had taken a position in the forest and opened indiscriminate firing on the police team. The police team retaliated in self-defence.