Ranchi, Sept. 16 -- In a joint operation, teams of CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), Jharkhand Police's Jharkhand Jaguar and Hazaribagh district police on Monday gunned down three top Maoists after an encounter at Panatitri forest under Gorhar police station area of Hazaribagh district. The slain Maoists included Central Committee Member (CCM) Sahdeo Soren alias Pravesh, who was carrying an award of Rs.1 crore on his head, Special Area Committee (SAC) member Raghunath Hembrome with an award of Rs.25 lakh on his head and Zonal commander Birsen Ganjhu, who was carrying an award of Rs.10 lakh on his head. A press statement issued from the office of superintendent of police of Hazaribagh district Anjani Anjan informed this. The press statement gave details of the Maoists killed and the important incident carried by them. According to the statement there were as many as 30 cases against Soren and was involved in several incidents of killing police personnel, people's representatives and looting of police arms besides others. The press statement suggested he joined Nsaxalism in 1990 and remained active till his death. "Soren, a resident of Mandaari under Vishnugarh police station area of Hazaribagh district, was an operative in Bokaro, Hazaribagh and Giridih areas of Jharkhand for the last two decades. He entered in the field of extremism joining the Lalkhandi Party, currently CPI(Maoist), in the year 1990-91. Total number of cases registered against him was 30," the press statement informed. "He used to carry an AK-47 rifle. With his squad of 25-30 people, he used to carry out Naxal activities by continuously roaming around mainly in Parasnath hills of Giridih district, Jamui district of Bihar, Jhumra hills of Bokaro district, Chatro Chatti and Vishnugarh, Churchu areas of Hazaribagh district," the press statement said. In the year 2006, his squad attacked Sekhar police station in Banka district and looted weapons. He was also involved in killing of 20 including brother and son of BJP state president Babulal Marandi in the same year in Chilkhari village under Deori police station in Giridih district. In 2008, on 1 January, his squad killed four SAP Jawans at Rishi Kund tourist spot in Munger district and their weapons were looted. Apart from this in the year 2004-05 his squad looted 183 rifles by attacking the Home Guard camp in Pachamba of Giridih district. In the year 2011, his squad attacked a police party in Lakhisarai district. In this attack the police party had to suffer heavy losses. In this incident, about 10 police personnel were killed and about 35 weapons were looted. On November 30, 2013, his squad had killed three government railway police personnel after an attack on the intercity train between Jamalpur and Ratanpur Munger. On April 10, 2014, his squad injured nine soldiers of 131 battalion in an ambush in Gangta Munger. On September 17, 2018 his squad shot dead SSB Jawan Sikandar Yadav on the charge of being a police informer at Pandey Tika Barhat District Jamui. Apart from this on December 23 2021, his squad had killed the newly-elected Mukhiya of Azimganj Panchayat, Parmanand Tudu, at Mathura under Ladiayatand police station of Munger district....