Bokaro, April 21 -- After eight Naxals were gunned down in an encounter in Jharkhand's Bokaro, highlighting the significance of the action, a top official stated that this happened for the first time in the history of Jharkhand that security forces have successfully eliminated a Naxal leader of Central Committee Member (CCM) rank, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 crore.

Addressing mediapersons, Sanjay Anandrao Lathkar, Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Jharkhand, informed that the operation was started at around 5.30 am on Monday, in which eight naxals were neutralised and 14 weapons were recovered.

"Operation was started last night...around 5:30 am, security forces had a face-off with naxals and 8 naxals were killed in the encou...