Majhi carrying Rs 1 crore bounty among 8 Naxals killed in J'khand encounter
Eight Naxals, including top Naxal leader Vivek, aka Prayag Majhi, who carried a reward of Rs 1 crore, and two other notorious Naxalites, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Jharkhand Police and the CRPF in the foothills of Lugu hill in Bokaro district of the tribal state on Monday morning.
Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the efforts of the police. "Today security forces achieved another significant success in the ongoing operation to uproot Naxalism. In an encounter at Lugu Hills in Bokaro, Jharkhand, eight Maoists were neutralised," the Home Minister said in a post on X, adding, "Applaud our security forces."
Among the eight Naxals neutralised in the operation, were three high-profile individuals with bounties of Rs 1 crore, Rs 25 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively.
Prayag Manjhi had a bounty of Rs 1 crore, Arvind Yadav carried a reward of Rs 25 lakh and Sahebram Manjhi, also known as Rahul Manjhi had a bounty of Rs 10 lakh.
The remaining Naxals have been identified as Mahesh Manjhi, alias Mota, Talu, Raju Manjhi, Gangaram, and Mahesh, CRPF sources said. Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta said security forces neutralised eight Maoists and also recovered arms, including four INSAS and one SLR, one AK series rifle, one pistol and eight country-made Bharmar rifles.
Gupta further said the encounter was carried out by Jharkhand Jaguar, police and the CRPF and it lasted for around two hours.
The firing had stopped, but search operations were underway, security officials said. They confirmed that there were no injuries reported to security personnel.
