Ranchi, Jan. 28 -- Jharkhand police and CRPF held a high-level review at CRPF Group Centre in Khunti to refine strategies for flushing out remaining Maoist insurgents from their last strongholds in Kolhan and Saranda regions. A police official close to the matter said CRPF DG Gyanendra Pratap Singh and Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra held a meeting and decided to continue joint anti-Maoist operations until the state was Naxal-free. "Both the CRPF and Jharkhand police emphasised their goal to completely eliminate armed Maoist presence from the state at the earliest. Discussion took place to refine strategies for flushing out remaining insurgents from their last strongholds in the Kolhan and Saranda regions," the police official said. A CRPF official said the DG had come to the state after the massive success of Operation Megaburu, where 17 Maoists, including top commander Patiram Manjhi alias (Anal), were neutralised in the Saranda forest of West Singhbhum on January 22-23. CRPF DIG Saket Kumar Singh confirmed the meeting. DGP Mishra urged the remaining Maoists to "shun the path of violence and join the mainstream of development," warning of "lethal consequences" for those who continued to resist. The meeting has significance as security forces eliminating 17 Naxalites, including two Central Committee members carrying a combined bounty of Rs.3.25 crore, seized a large cache of sophisticated weapons like AK-47s and INSAS rifles....