New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah has hailed the ongoing major operation between security forces and the Maoists in Jharkhand as a major success. At least 15 Naxalites, including a central committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) was killed in the operation.
The central committee leader, identified as Patiram Manjhi alias Anal Da, carried a reward of Rs 1 crore.
The operation was led by around 1,500 personnel of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit in Kumdi area of Saranda forest within Kiriburu police station limits, officials said, describing it as one of the biggest anti-Maoist drives in Jharkhand, as reported by PTI.
While 11 bodies have been identified, efforts are on to know the identities of the remaining dead rebels.
According to the CRPF, all central committee members of CPI (Maoist) have been killed in Jharkhand, save for Misir Besra.
Manjhi was allegedly involved in an attack on a CISF camp in Jharkhand’s Bokaro on March 3, 2006, in which five personnel were killed and two injured. He was also involved in the killing of five security personnel at Kukru Haat in Seraikela-Kharswan district in June 2019 and loot of five tonnes of explosives in Odisha in May 2025.
“Today, in West Singhbhum, the ongoing joint operation by CRPF and Jharkhand Police has achieved a major success in the campaign to make the region free of Naxals through encounters, with the neutralization of the notorious bounty-wanted Naxal Central Committee member ‘Anal alias Patiram Manjhi’ worth Rs 1 crore and 15 other Naxals so far,” Shah posted on X.
“We are committed to eradicating Naxalism, which has been synonymous with fear and terror for decades, before March 31, 2026,” the Union home minister added.
“I once again appeal to the remaining Naxals to abandon the ideology that connects to violence, terror, and arms, and join the mainstream of development and trust,” he said.
