India, Sept. 24 -- Three members of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the outlawed CPI (Maoists), were killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Gumla district, police officials said on Wednesday.

"The encounter took place between JJMP members and a joint team of Jharkhand Jaguar and Gumla district police. Three bodies and arms have been recovered. Further process of identification is on," a senior Jharkhand police official said.

Among the three killed, one named Chhotu Oraon, carried a cash reward of Rs.5 lakh bounty, officials aware of the details said.

In a similar operation on Monday, security forces gunned down two Maoists in an encounter in the Abujhmad area of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.

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