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The Maharashtra Police said three Maoists, including two women were shot dead during a gunfight with security forces in the Sirkonda forests of this district, adjoining Chhattisgarh, here on Tuesday. The gun battle, which lasted for nearly 30 minutes, resulted in the three bullet-ridden bodies being recovered by the C-60 Commando Force of the Anti Naxal Operations (ANO), said a spokesperson. Two of them were identified as Sunil alias Vilas Kulmethe, 31, a Divisional Commander, and an absconder who carried a Rs 1.60 million reward on his head, Swaroopa alias Amsi Pocha Talandi, an Area Committee Member, and an absconder with a Rs 600,000 reward on her head.