3 cadres of Naxalite outfit held after Jharkhand encounter

The police onWednesday arrested three cadres of the Tritiya SammelanPrastuti Committee, a banned Naxalite outfit, after anencounter in Jharkhand's Palamu district, an official said.

An AK-47 rifle earlier looted from the police, astengun and 24 cartridges were seized from the three, PalamuSP Sanjeev Kumar said.

The encounter took place in Madaya-Karmahi forestunder Manatu police station area and around 150 rounds werefired from both sides, the SP said.

No policemen suffered major injuries in the shootoutthough there were reports that a few Naxalites were injured.

Efforts are on to find them out, the SP said.