Two Maoists killed in Jharkhand

Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gun battle with a rival group in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district Friday, police said.

The Jharkhand Prastuti Committee members died following the clash with the Tritiya Prastuti Committee near Kusumba village, around 110 km from here.

The dead were identified as Balram and Badal. The killers took away their rifles.

Maoists are active in 18 of the 24 districts of Jharkhand.