The deceased Maoists were identified as Ganesh Lohra, a wanted criminal carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh, and Santosh Yadav.
The bodies of the Maoist commanders were recovered on Saturday and sent them for post-mortem, the police said.
On Thursday night, seven to eight armed Maoists reached Hotai village and had dinner. Later, they went towards the forest, and fight broke out over extortion money after which they got divided into two groups and started firing at each other in which the above-mentioned two died.
–IANS
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