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A senior Bihar police official said bodies of 10 civilians, including two women, had been recovered after the encounter which ended early Friday. He said two security forces personnel and a bank security guard died in the encounter.
At least 16 rebels were also killed in the encounter, the police said. At least three of them belonged to Nepal's Maoist Communist Party, while the others were from the Maoist Communist Centre which operates across five Indian states.
Several rounds of ammunition and three rifles were recovered from the site of the gunbattle, the police said.
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