CRPF and Jharkhand Police achieved a major success in anti-Naxal operation

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah said that the killing of ‘Anal alias Patiram Manjhi’, a notorious Naxalite Central Committee member with a bounty of ₹1 crore on his head, and 15 other Naxalites in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, is a major success for the anti-Naxal operation.

Shri Shah said that today, the ongoing joint operation by the CRPF and Jharkhand Police in West Singhbhum achieved a major success in anti-Naxal operation with killing of ‘Anal alias Patiram Manjhi’, a notorious Naxalite Central Committee member carrying a reward of ₹1 crore, and 15 other Naxalites. He once again appealed to the remaining Naxalites to abandon the ideology that connects them to violence, terror and weapons and join the mainstream of development and trust.(updated on 22nd january 2026)

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