Top Maoist leader with ₹2 crore bounty among 16 killed in Jharkhand

According to officials familiar with the matter, Maoist central committee member (CCM) Majhi, alias Anal-da alias Toofan alias Ramesh, and his 14 aides were killed during a joint operation by the Jharkhand police and the CRPF’s elite 209 CoBRA battalion as part of “Operation Meghaburu” in Kumdi area of Saranda forest within Kiriburu police station limits.

“The joint forces led by CoBRA 209 battalion and comprising CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and the state police were on anti-Naxal operation early this morning following a credible tip-off of squads led by Anal-da and Anmol being present in the jungles between Bahda and Kumbhdih village. The Maoists, seeing themselves surrounded, opened indiscriminate fire on the joint forces. In the ensuing gunbattle lasting for over seven hours, 16 Maoists have been killed of which 11 have been identified,” CRPF IG in Jharkhand, Saket Kumar, told reporters.

Taking to X, Union home minister said the forces have “achieved a major success in the campaign to make the region free of Naxals through encounters...”