Jamshedpur, Jan. 24 -- Jharkhand director general of police (DGP) Tadasha Mishra on Saturday lauded the security forces for 'Operation Megaburu', under which 17 Maoists, including CCM Patiram Majhi alias Anal-da, who carried a Rs.2.35 crore bounty, were killed in the Saranda forests of West Singhbhum district, and said the end of Naxals in the region was now within sight, while announcing awards for the CoBRA battalion, CRPF, and state police.

"Saranda is going to be free of Naxals shortly, and this 'Operation Megaburu' is the beginning of the end of the banned LWE outfit CPI (Maoist) and its 'Red Terror' in Jharkhand. A total of 17 Naxals have been neutralised, including CCM Patiram Majhi alias Anal-da and Lalchand Hembram alias Anmol w...