Naxal menace: The joint forces managed to free Buddha Pahad located in Jharkhand`s Latehar district, about 150 km from the state capital Ranchi. Buddha Pahad is spread over about 55 square km with one side connected with Chhattisgarh. It had turned out to shelter top Naxal commanders of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Odhisha.
As many as 909 extremists, including top Maoist commanders, have been arrested while 25 Naxalites have been killed in various encounters over the past two years in Jharkhand, DGP Neeraj Sinha said.