Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Commandant MK Khan on Saturday said that Operation Sweep Clean , launched by security forces at Naxals bastion of Burha Pahar in Jharkhand was called off due to heavy rainfall before launching operation Octopus , which successfully overpowered Naxalites citadel.
Operation Octopus - the joint operation launched by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jharkhand Jaguar in September this year to capture the heavily mined Burha Pahar hilly range in Garhwa district of Jharkhand seems to have started yielding positive results.