CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Sahadev Soren, carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty, was killed in Jharkhand along with two associates. His death comes five days after fellow CCM Modem Balakrishna was eliminated in Chhattisgarh, further depleting the Maoist top brass.
Three Maoists, including Sahdev Soren, a top CPI (Maoist) leader with a ₹1 crore bounty, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district early Monday. The encounter triggered a large-scale search operation in Pantitri forest.
The 21-day operation codenamed 'Black Forest', which began on April 21 at the Korgotalu Hills, ended after 21 days on May 11, leading to the killing of 31 Maoists, including 16 women, seizure of 450 IEDs, about two tonnes of explosives, a number of rifles among others and ammunition
Personnel from the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) successfully engaged the Maoists, recovering a large cache of arms and ammunition, including automatic weapons such as INSAS and SLR rifles
