Medininagar, Dec 3 (PTI) A large number of arms and ammunition were seized in Jharkhand's Palamu district, following a gunfight between the security forces and the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad on Thursday, police said.

The gunfight lasted for around half-an-hour in the Salmdiri forest in the Panki police station area, they said.

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The militants were in the area for extortion, police said.

On seeing the security forces, they started firing, following which the gunfight broke out, an officer said.

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Amid the firing, they fled to the jungle, leaving behind the arms and ammunition, he said.

Among those seized are an AK-47, a Sten gun, several rifles and ammunition.

A search operation is underway in the area, the officer said.

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