In Uttar Pradesh police has arrested five persons in Varanasi allegedly involved in Naxal activities. They are from Jharkhand and were arrested under Lanka police area of the city. AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that of them three are from Palamu district of Jharkhand while two are from Latehar district. They have been identified as Jairam Singh alias Nagendra Singh Yadav, Kamlesh Majhi, Rakesh Gupta, Mahendra Prajapati and Ajit Kumar Singh. Police has claimed that several criminal cases were pending against them in Bihar and their native state. They are alleged for involved in spreading nasal propaganda.