He announced that with this successful anti-Naxal operation, the menace from the Bokaro region of the state has been wiped off.
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With the Jharkhand Police and the CRPF’s COBRA battalion killing three Maoists in the forests of Patitiri in Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday exuded confidence that Naxalism will soon be wiped off from all affected parts of India.
He announced that with this successful anti-Naxal operation, the menace from the Bokaro region of the state has been wiped off.
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“Today, the joint team of CRPF’s Cobra Battalion and state police has achieved a major success in an anti-Naxal operation in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. In this operation, notorious Naxal commander CCM Sahdev Soren alias Parvesh, carrying a bounty of ₹ 1 crore, was killed. Along with this, two other rewarded Naxalites – Raghunath Hembram alias Chanchal and Birsen Ganjhu alias Ramkhelavan were also killed by the security forces. After this operation, Naxalism has completely ended from the Bokaro region of North Jharkhand. Soon the whole country will be free from the problem of Naxalism,” the Union Home Minister posted on X.
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Earlier in the day, in a joint security operation, Jharkhand Police and the CRPF’s COBRA battalion killed the three Maoists. The encounter took place in the forests of Patitiri under the Girhor police station area of Hazaribagh district near the Giridih border.
Among those killed was Sahdev Soren, alias Pravesh, a central committee member of CPI (Maoist) carrying a reward of Rs 1 crore.
The Jharkhand Police headquarters confirmed the recovery of three bodies and three AK-47 rifles from the site. The others killed were identified as Raghunath Hembram, a member of the Jharkhand Special Area Committee with a reward of Rs 25 lakh, and Vir Sen Ganjhu, a committee member carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh.
Two personnel of the 209 COBRA battalion, Ajay Bhautic of Assam and Subrato Biswas of West Bengal, were injured during the encounter. They have been admitted to a hospital in Hazaribagh and are reported to be out of danger.
The Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police said that search operations are continuing in the Patitiri forests, as there are indications that some Maoists may have escaped with injuries.
Officials stated that the death of Soren ends a long search for a leader who was wanted in several incidents across Jharkhand.
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