Kerala Police teams had launched a combing operation in the area based on intelligence inputs received from a Maoist sympathiser apprehended earlier in the day in neighbouring Kozhikode district.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Durishetti Sailu (57), Bommana Kumar (32), Merugu Swamy, (50) Nimmrajula Shankar (55), and Mudu Shiva Kumar (25). All of them hail from Palakurthy Mandal in Peddapalli district.
A former BSF jawan was shot dead by suspected Maoists in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on the suspicion of being a police informer, an officer said on Friday
The clash between the two groups of the outlawed Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad broke out on Friday evening at Hutai village under the Lesliganj Police Station limits, around 160-km from capital Ranchi.
The official noted that tribal people want to live a peaceful life though the Maoist party leadership was trying to attract tribals towards them in the name of their party ideology.
The body of Kaka Arjun (52) was found on Wednesday evening on Kongupalli-Ilmidi road in Bijapur, located more than 400 km from state capital Raipur, they said.