Eight Naxals, including top Naxal leader Vivek, aka Prayag Majhi, who carried a reward of Rs 1 crore, and two other notorious Naxalites, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Jharkhand Police and the CRPF in…

Animesh Singh Tribune News Service

Eight Naxals, including top Naxal leader Vivek, aka Prayag Majhi, who carried a reward of Rs 1 crore, and two other notorious Naxalites, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Jharkhand Police and the CRPF in the foothills of Lugu hill in Bokaro district of the tribal state on Monday morning.

Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the efforts of the police. “Today security forces achieved another significant success in the ongoing operation to uproot Naxalism. In an encounter at Lugu Hills in Bokaro, Jharkhand, eight Maoists were neutralised,” the Home Minister said in a post on X, adding, “Applaud our security forces.”

Among the eight Naxals neutralised in the operation, were three high-profile individuals with bounties of Rs 1 crore, Rs 25 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively.