New Delhi, May 26 -- A senior police official said that a member of the banned CPI (Maoist), identified as Manish Yadav, who carried a bounty of Rs.5 lakh on his head, was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Monday, while another was arrested. This comes after two maoists were killed in an anti-Naxal operation on May 24.

Another red rebel was arrested during the operation, he said. "Manish Yadav, who was carrying a reward of Rs.5 lakh on his head, was killed in the gunfight with security forces. Another Maoist, Kundan Kherwar, was arrested," Palamu DIG YS Ramesh told PTI.

Kundan is stated to be carrying a bounty of Rs.10 lakh on his head.

However, Ramesh said that the reward on Kundan's head is ...