In a major fillip to the anti-Naxal operations, self proclaimed sub-zonal commander of CPI (Maoists) and chief of Area Committee-2 Vishal alias Tulsi Das was gunned down by the police during an exchange of fire with a group of rebels near lemba village in Khunti under Arki police station.
Vishal was wanted in more than two dozen cases registered with Bundu, Tamar and Chauka and other police stations in the area. Reward money of Rs 2 lakh had been announced on his head by the police. “This is a great achievement by the state police….operations will be continued against the rebels until peace prevails in the State,” said DGP Rajiv Kumar during a programme at the Jharkhand Assembly. All those who were involved in the operation will be felicitated by the state police, he added.
According to the DGP, the police is committed to take actions against those who try to go against the law and kill innocent people. “We must praise those jawans who are fighting against the Naxals on the front,” Kumar said.