Ranchi, May 25 -- Jharkhand Director General of Police Anurag Gupta said that "a burden has been lifted from the earth" after dreaded Naxal leader Pappu Lohra and zonal commander Prabhat Ganjhu were killed in an encounter with police in Latehar district.

Lohra, the chief of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), had nearly 100 criminal cases against him and carried a Rs 10 lakh reward on his head.

Speaking to the mediapersons on Saturday, Jharkhand DG Anurag Gupta said, "Pappu Lohra, who has been killed today, had almost 100 cases against him, in which he also murdered a Deputy Commandant of CRPF... He has murdered many people and looted the land of many people in Latehar... A burden has been lifted from the earth. Our soldiers have d...