Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter between CRPF security forces and members of CPI Maoist in Lavalong police station area on Palamu-Chatra district border in in Jharkhand.
Chatra Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ranjan said that two Naxalites with a reward of 25 lakh rupees each, two Maoists carrying a reward of five lakh rupees and a Maoist from Bihar having a reward of five lakh rupees were killed in the encounter.
Security forces have recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, two AK 47 rifles, INSAS weapons, and important naxal documents from the encounter site. A search operation by the forces is still going on.