Jamshedpur, Jan. 24 -- With 17 Maoists, including eight female leaders, neutralised during the 'Operation Megaburu' in the dense Saranda Forests, 13 of them carried bounties totalling Rs.4.49 crore, marking the biggest anti-Naxal strike in Jharkhand's history on Thursday and Friday, people close to the matter said on Saturday.

"Thirteen of the 17 slain Maoists on Thursday and Friday, like Patiram Majhi alias Anal-da, Lalchand Hembram alias Anmol, Amit Munda, Rapa Munda alias Powell, Samir Soren alias Samay Soren, Pintu Lohra, Laljit, and Rajesh Munda, carried a cumulative bounty of Rs.4.49 crore on their heads," a senior official told HT on Saturday.

"Apart from this, eight female Maoists were killed. Babita and Purnima Gope were area c...